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Stuart Frazer retweeted
Why should a family in a £150k terrace pay a bigger share of their home’s value than someone in a £3m mansion?
A Proportional Property Tax fixes that with one rate, everyone pays their fair share, and 77% pay less 👇
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Stuart Frazer retweeted
Two years ago today, we exposed huge amounts of illegal sewage dumping in Windermere.
And still, the Environment Agency has done nothing about it.
@WindrushWasp
🚨 Breaking News 🚨
Save Windermere has once again been involved in exposing United Utilities exploitation of Windermere. Today the BBC reported that in the last 3 years, United Utilities has ILLEGALLY dumped 143,000,000 litres of untreated sewage directly into Windermere from just one of their sites — that’s thethe equivalent of 23 million toilet flushes, 1,600 double-decker buses, or enough to fill Big Ben 30 times! 💩
According to the BBC, United Utilities claims they reported these incidents at Glebe Road Pumping Station as soon as they were aware, which suggests they simply didn’t know about the instances of illegality from 2021 to September 2023, despite it being their statutory obligation to show permit compliance. The BBC estimates an additional 24 incidents that weren’t reported at the time could have cost the company £2.5 million through lower rewards or greater penalties.
You might be thinking, where’s the Environment Agency? Isn’t this their job? Well, once again, they’ve turned a blind eye. They’ve failed to ask for the data, failed to hold United Utilities accountable and failed to protect Windermere from this predatory behaviour.
We need your help to stop this 🫵
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Let’s try and get this trending. Keir Starmer has often spoken about his love for the Lake District. Now it’s time for him to put his money where his mouth is and end sewage pollution in Windermere once and for all. Windermere is a symbol of our cultural heritage, a key driver of the local and national economy, and a sanctuary for rare and protected wildlife. This is a national and international disgrace, one of the country’s greatest natural treasures is being exploited by the multi-billion pound private water company. It’s time for Westminster to act.
@Keir_Starmer , it’s time to stop the sewage to Save Windermere.
Read the full blog to see how we uncovered this shocking story 👉
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BBC article 👉
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Stuart Frazer retweeted
This is what happens when the broken Council Tax system is allowed to fester.
A £17.5m budget gap within three years should never been allowed to happen. We need affordable, sustainable, fair funding for local authorities.
A full review into property tax is needed to fix the system.
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Stuart Frazer retweeted
Imagine being blocked by Currys for helping too many of its customers with complaints. 😂
I'll take that as an accolade and a compliment!
As Black Friday and Christmas shopping approaches, please for the love of God, look at the replies and complaints on their X account and choose a proper retailer.
You work hard for your money. Make sure you spend it wisely. 🛍️
#WePutOurCustomersLast #ConsumerRights
Stuart Frazer retweeted
Wandsworth are set to see their Council Tax bills double next year.
This is the result of a broken system still based on property values in 1991.
@MarshadeCordova @PutneyFleur will you back an independent review of Council Tax on behalf og your constituents?
putney.news/2026/10/13/wands…
Stuart Frazer retweeted
Affording a home, a holiday and some money left over shouldn't be a luxury.
Replacing Council Tax & Stamp Duty with a 0.48% annual property tax would reduce bills for 77% of households, making home ownership a reality again, and put an av. £556 per year back into people's pockets.
Imagine working 40+ hours a week and still not being able to afford a house, a family, a holiday or even a comfortable life. Your reward for working hard is watching your wages disappear into rent, council tax, energy bills and food shopping. Then you're told to stop buying coffees and learn how to budget. We're not bad with money, there's just never anything left to save.
John Rice’s request for a trial cost him £4,830 in Court costs, a suspended prison sentence and 2 year driving ban: bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cq4g…
Stuart Frazer retweeted
This is about as far away you can get to actually solving the problems the UK is facing.
When a Band D property in somewhere like Blackpool pays over £1,000 more than in Westminster, despite homes are worth about 6.4× more in the latter, the issue is clear.
We need a Proportional Property Tax to make the UK a fair place to live. This can't continue.
Stuart Frazer retweeted
Meanwhile Council Tax & Stamp Duty already leaves the top 2-3% of homes paying a far smaller share of their value than everyone else.
If @UKLabour are serious about making life fairer for people in the UK, Council Tax & Stamp Duty are the first places to start, with 77% of households paying less under a 0.48% proportional property tax.
Stuart Frazer retweeted
Another day. Another London Council in crisis. A 150% Council Tax rise in Hammersmith & Fulham would be the biggest since the tax began in 1993.
The PM has called Council Tax "highly regressive". Raising a regressive tax won't fix it. It needs a full independent review before the Budget.
thetimes.com/money/tax/artic…
Stuart Frazer retweeted
Councils keep adding premiums to make Council Tax work... double bills for empty homes and for second homes.
If the system needs this many workarounds, isn't it time to look at the whole thing? We're calling for a full independent review in the Autumn Budget and real change.
@catkinson80 @BaggyShanker, will you back real change for your constituents in the Autumn Budget?
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Stuart Frazer retweeted
A Band D home in Pendle pays up to £2,757 a year in Council Tax. In Westminster? £1,047.
Bills based on 1991 valuations hit the north hardest. Thanks to @Jonathan_Hinder for leading the call for reform in Parliament.
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Stuart Frazer retweeted
War premium 14 September: In UK every litre of diesel costs 46.9p more than the day before President Trump started the middle east war; every litre of unleaded costs 34.4p more. Heating oil is up 44.6p/litre (UK) and farmers red diesel costs extra 50.2p/litre. Natural gas up 155%
Stuart Frazer retweeted
Thanks for sharing @KirstieMAllsopp. This is exactly why property tax needs reform.
We tax people for moving home, then hit them every year with a Council Tax system based on property values from 1991.
Scrap Stamp Duty. Scrap Council Tax. Replace both with our simple, proportional property tax. fairershare.org.uk/
Stuart Frazer retweeted
Want a bigger home for a growing family? Taxed ❌
Want to downsize? Taxed ❌
Need to move for work? Taxed ❌
Stamp Duty actively discourages people from moving home.
There is a better way: scrap Stamp Duty and Council Tax and replace them with our proportional property tax.
Stuart Frazer retweeted
🚗 89 years old.
🦯 Uses a walking stick.
⏱️ Spends 8 minutes trying to work out how to pay.
🚙 Gives up, leaves & parks elsewhere.
💷 Gets a £60 Parking Charge Notice.
The parking operator says motorists get 5 minutes to decide whether to stay. But 5 minutes isn't a stopwatch.
Their OWN Code says motorists need an "appropriate" consideration period including time to understand & comply with payment requirements.
That's exactly what Roland was trying to do.
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Stuart Frazer retweeted
Just two corrupt Tories being sentenced for betting on the date of the last GE using inside dope. What will they get? Prison? I kinda think so.
Stuart Frazer retweeted
London doesn't need another tax raid. It needs Stamp Duty scrapped.
Stamp Duty is already a mansion tax, just the worst version that's paid upfront, only when you move & before you've even got the keys.
Review Council Tax and Stamp Duty together. Replace them with something fairer.
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Stuart Frazer retweeted
The Director of @JLMMortgageSvs is right. We need to scrap Stamp Duty to unlock the UK housing market.
It prevents downsizing, clogs up the market and stops first time buyers finding their first home.
We need a system that's fair & growth friendly. Back the PPT.
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Stuart Frazer retweeted
The property tax debate is heating up ahead of the #AutumnBudget.
But the answer isn’t another tax piled on top of Council Tax and Stamp Duty. It’s replacing two outdated, unfair taxes with one fairer system based on what homes are actually worth. thenegotiator.co.uk/news/reg…
