Following on from previous 10 things... postings, this one focuses on policies I would like to see implemented. Some of them are party-political, some of them are personal, some short-term priorites, others long-term aspirations:
- A form of proportional representation introduced
- A local income tax to replace Council Tax
- An elected second chamber
- An English Parliament within a federal UK, or at least the introduction of rules forbidding MPs from voting on legislation which does not apply in their constituencies. e.g. an English Grand Committee
- A simplifed tax system including a raised personal allowance and capital gains tax at rates consistant with income tax
- The introduction of index-linking for Inheritance Tax thresholds and the Annual and Lifetime Allowances for pensions
- The UK meeting the UN target of 0.7% of GDP to be spent on overseas aid
- The introduction of an ongoing scrappage scheme aimed at increasing sales of "greener" vehicles
- Extensive reform of the European Union which places more emphasis on the Parliament and removes power from the commission
- The establishment of a British Republic
I'm sure there could have been many others and while most of these are close to my heart, it's not necessarily a "top 10"!
Andrew
Andrew
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