Future charges must be levied fairly

Two young friends living in one of the London boroughs (tenants, not owners of their one-bedroom flat) pay various taxes (including an accommodation tax) to the local council, totalling £1,900 sterling per year.

Our so-called “household charge” is no such thing.

A household charge by definition is composed of people, not of bricks and mortar. What we have here is a silly, inadequate, inequitable property tax. A properly graded household charge would be paid by every household that could afford it, since every household, whether owning or renting its accommodation, uses public services.