Durham County Council allows Dominic Cummings off £50000 council tax

A slight aside does anybody have information on what Cummings is paid - I saw the consultants on track and trace some were on 7k a day!!! Does anybody know what his day rate is?
 
FatCat said:
I’m obviously not familiar with the property - thinking out loud I would say if the land has one entry gate and the properties on there are owned by the same person then should they really be charged two lots of council tax as they can’t be living in both at the same time. If you think about what council tax is used for then is it right that someone should be paying twice? assuming his Fafter owns it I would say he shouldn’t be paying council tax.

assuming Cummings owns it then the rules on second homes depend on each council but .govuk has the following to say:

You may pay less Council Tax for a property you own or rent that's not your main home. Councils can give furnished second homes or holiday homes a discount of up to 50%. Contact your council to find out if you can get a discount - it's up to them how much you can get.

Councils are changing the rules all the time - I owned two properties in the same council and previously when one one was empty for sometime I could claim total exemption on council tax for that property. That same council has now changed the rules meaning both properties are chargeable.
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Google Maps - entry from road is top right, new building (as far as I know) is the long one bottom left. Not exactly a granny flat.

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Are we sure he is self employed? There was a story that he was a consultant on IT earlier in the year but last month he dissolved that company Companies House has no record of him having an active company currently.
 
Zoophonic said:
Are we sure he is self employed? There was a story that he was a consultant on IT earlier in the year but last month he dissolved that company Companies House has no record of him having an active company currently.
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He's a SPAD now, that's a salaried Government appointment, might come with constraints on what else you're allowed to do, not that on Cummings' previous form that'll count for anything at all.
 
Zoophonic said:
Are we sure he is self employed? There was a story that he was a consultant on IT earlier in the year but last month he dissolved that company Companies House has no record of him having an active company currently.
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When I google it I find this - I would be very surprised if that is what he is paid, obviously it’s high to most people but it doesn’t seem excessive when compared to your typical London salary in the consultant/advisor space!
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Cummings' salary as of December 2019 was reported by the government annual report on special advisors.​
It revealed that he is paid between £95,000 and £99,000, which is three-times the average UK salary.​
 
FatCat said:
When I google it I find this - I would be very surprised if that is what he is paid, obviously it’s high to most people but it doesn’t seem excessive when compared to your typical London salary in the consultant/advisor space!

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Cummings' salary as of December 2019 was reported by the government annual report on special advisors.​
It revealed that he is paid between £95,000 and £99,000, which is three-times the average UK salary.​
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That was before the election and him becoming Prime Minister ... sorry special adviser to the PM.
 
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