badgerx16

True, but then agan I continue to pay tax to help fund the NHS even when I'm not using it. What sort of chaos would ensue if everybody got a day-to-day input into Government spending ?

We would both have been earning more, but then the cost of living is probably higher across the board, so the honest answer is "I don't know". However, houses sell in Outer London, so they must he somehow "affordable".

Speculation.

Of course it is. If my house was magically transported to Outer London it would instantly gain over £700k in value.

No I am not. What you "get out of the system" is not necessarily reflective of what you "put in". ( Going on a tangent, for many years Croydon was a net beneficiary of the national Business Rates pool, whilst Blackpool was a net contributor. ) What I am saying is that, perhaps, proportionally more of the total tax take should be redistributed northwards. This does not require any change in an individual's "contribution".

No. Everybody faces the same tax burden: Income Tax, VAT, NI, etc are not regionally defined within England. Some people have geographically enhanced property values and incomes, but that is the luck of the draw, and if as a consequence higher rate taxes or taxes of opportunity such as Inheritance Tax kick in, so be it. How Government decides to spend it's tax revenues should be decided by greatest need. Ultimately all people should have the same chances in life - historically the North has lagged behind because the country is London focussed.

The fact that property.prices are grossly inflated the further south and east you go is not an excuse for constricting investment north of the Trent.

How exactly does he organise the tax system so that he can "tax the south to pay for the north" ? Regionally banded Income Tax rates ? 3% VAT surcharge south of Coventry ? Fuel Excise duty raised inside the M25 ?

French professional fartist.... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le_Pétomane

Has potential but no guile, control, or true threat. Erratic, and too prone to leaking runs.

I think we were 20 runs short, our innings stalled after over 15. I also don't think Baker is a T20 bowler.

Evening Major.

The man seen on video breaking a female PC's nose in an altercation at Manchester airport has been jailed for three and a half years.

For what ?

The ( Federal ) US Postal Service says it will not deliver postal ballots in States that do not hand over their voter rolls to the USPS. This is in response to an Executive Order issued by Trump. The States administer elections, not any Federal agency, ( Eight States mail ballots to every registered voter ). There is no Constitutional or Legal statute that permits the USPS to do this, only Trump's tantrums over postal voting.