Council tax should be fair and progressive. Ours is neither

It is outrageous that a person in a £17m Westminster mansion pays less than a pensioner in a Nottingham bungalowThere is a Grade II-listed seven-bedroom home of “ambassadorial proportions” for sale in Westminster, just along from the old Conservative party headquarters, if you’ve got the odd £17m to spare. But there is one financial worry the buyer won’t have: council tax. The new owner will be presented with a council tax bill for 2017-18 of just £1,376