Politicians should make tax and welfare rules fairer, a new report recommends, noting that council tax - an area identified as ripe for reform - is charged at a lower rate on a mansion than on a council flat.
The report said the current system - which sees people in lower value homes pay a higher rate (as a proportion of their home value) than people in more expensive homes - is perverse.
"We don't charge VAT at a lower rate on a Ferrari than on a Nissan," the report says. "So why do we ch...
