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Council tax is extremely regressive. It makes up a higher percentage of net income for low-income households than for high-income households (at least twice as high, but perhaps more like four times as high). People on low incomes spend a higher percentage of the value of their homes on council tax; the most valuable properties attract just three times as much tax as the least valuable, even though they were worth at least eight times as much in 1991, and many times as much now. As a result, council tax rates (as a percentage of property value) are much higher for lower value homes than for more expensive homes. On top of this, deprived areas generally have higher council tax rates than richer areas.
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Disadvantage undermines people’s capabilities and opportunities
Disadvantage undermines people’s capabilities and opportunities
High levels of inequality lead to low levels of social mobility
High levels of inequality lead to low levels of social mobility
Higher levels of inequality make a wide range of social problems worse for everyone
Higher levels of inequality make a wide range of social problems worse for everyone
Socio-economic inequality leads to environmental inequality
Socio-economic inequality leads to environmental inequality
Socio-economic inequality leads to health inequalities
Socio-economic inequality leads to health inequalities
Socio-economic inequality leads to more crime and less effective criminal justice
Socio-economic inequality leads to more crime and less effective criminal justice
Socio-economic inequality leads to political inequality
Socio-economic inequality leads to political inequality
The best way to become wealthy is to be wealthy already
The best way to become wealthy is to be wealthy already
The rising costs of living hit poorer households harder
The rising costs of living hit poorer households harder
The structure of our economy leads to huge regional inequalities
The structure of our economy leads to huge regional inequalities
The tax system could be designed to be more progressive
The tax system could be designed to be more progressive
There are still high levels of tax evasion and avoidance
There are still high levels of tax evasion and avoidance
Wealth inequality is much larger than income inequality
Wealth inequality is much larger than income inequality
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