Jane Fleming - As I recall the poll tax riots were in England after the Tory government of the day tried to expand to England a tax system they had previously imposed on Scotland as a social experiment.

Alasdair, Edinburgh, UK

So, what with now six murders in my local area, do I get a massive tax reduction??

David.T, London,

Work hard to improve your lot. Get taxed to the hilt all the way through a multitude of taxes either directly, indirectly or stealthily and then hey presto they find another way to mug you for even more. Great! May asa well let my house fall into a state of decay!

K Macc, Duley, W. Mids

I maintain no one comes into my home to evaluate it! The crippling costs of living in this poorly run country are out of control and it is those who pay the taxes play by the rules who continue to take a good and constant kicking from the Government. With council tax doubling since 1997 where will it end? For those in the high end tax bracket many of us when you add up all your bills are basically paying over 50% tax already.

stuart, london,

Disgraceful but only the naive or the very foolish expect nu labour to tell the truth about anything!

Edward, Shropshire,

No doubt these people will have a legal right to enter your house.

It amazes me that its taken a 1000 years to wrench from the state the power it had over us only for it all to start flowing back after 10 years of a labour government.

A Evans, Llanelli, UK

At what point will middle class Britains realise they have sleep walked into an Orwellian nightmare where they are targets for endles new taxes for which they receive absolutely nothing in return, are penalised for improving their lives, that justice if not only non-existant but biased firmly againt them and that there is less and less incentive to stay in the UK. How many times to I have to read about absurd and intrusive powers of local councils (fines, worse and worse services, lack of respect for privacy) before there is some kind of collective backlash? Don't people yet understand that unless a stop is put to this endless nonsense then everything that was once decent about Britain will have been destroyed?

alan, singapore, singapore

What did you think all the HIP insectors are for? At point of sale, every home gets a good going over, inside and out.

David Masu, Zürich,

Sinc when have this Government told the truth. I seem to remember a manifesto which stated no university fees. These people are just liars.

Judy , Liverpool, england

Are we to be surprised that once again the government has not told us the truth? We are all too aware that the Labour party consider it the duty of any one who has the audacity to earn a decent living to foot the bill for those who can not or worse those who will not bother to do so. Once again our government has let every voter in this country down.

Mr MacDonald , Falkirk, Stirlingshire

Why not save the expense of revaluing by charging each household exactly the same for Council Tax, but still allow the poor to have a 100% rebate as now.

Use of council resources is not proportional to house value. House value is not necessarily proportional to income. Why try and link them? Keep it simple and cheap to administer.

Frank, Winchester,

It is well known in planning departments that most councils have access to a paid-for aerial data-base. When you see the Defra helicopter checking fields you might also see a light plane making low level swoops. There has been a spy in the sky circling Peterborough's new garden estate Hampton since it became habitable. The Google Earth equivalent has been collating information about existing properties, bald sites [future housing space] and making an effective database for consultation. The poll tax riots in Scotland, can you remember? are unlightly to occur in rural Hampshire. I anticiapte a silent protest to the new community charges to be introduced by stealth on the back of the HIPs.

Jane Fleming, Whittlesey, CAMBRIDGESHIRE

In the lead up to the 2005 General Election, Tony Blair said that any revaluation of Council Tax would be "revenue neutral", thus causing a sharp increase in the membership of the group known as BTYBA (Believe that and you'll believe anything)

How does the new PM manage to promote his ideas about a work ethic, whilst penalizing those who do work hard to keep their families and improve their homes. Any new council tax re-evaluation based on these criteria will be an active encouragement to throw in the towel, create a small slum and live off the State for as long as possible.

Sally , Ipswich, England