Alexander D wrote:Barry, the queen is in receipt of benefits abounding, plus subsidies from the EU. As too her extended family.
There is no exception to the Law, and the spare bedroom tax should be applied to her et al.
Indeed, you are right, it is not (only) a bedroom tax, but a spare room tax. The number of living and dining rooms should be counted too. If this tax does not apply to the benefit-sponging house of Windsor, then I'm afraid the Law will have been broken.
Utter nonsense Alexander.
Are you saying that the palaces should not be maintained and should be left to rot? These are not her private homes, those like Sandringham, are paid for by her not what used to be called the Civil List.
Are you also saying that the State should not pay for State occasions/functions and duties?
If you want to argue this then do so. That is an argument we could have and a more sensible one than what you are trying to claim.
As it is none of this actually comes from the taxpayers. The original Civil List was established in exchange for the income from the Royal Estates which is a lot higher than the Civil List. What they have now done is link rises to these payments to the rises in income from the Royal Estates (as distinct from her private estates of course, which are now taxed). It is still a lot less.
