In reply to one about empty flats in London, Sir Keir said the government was ‘encouraging councils to use the tools available to them… they can charge additional council tax on vacant properties’.
The territory was first colonised by Russian settlers in the 18th century and sold to the US in 1867 to raise funds to re-equip Tsar Alexander II’s armed forces after defeat in the 1853-56 Crimean war.
The ‘little boxes’ of the 21st century – small houses crammed in cheek by jowl with little to no garden – provide little in the way of quality of life.
‘Will Sir Keir also ask for minerals or will Rachel Reeves just put up taxes?’.
The US wants valuable minerals from Ukraine to pay for military hardware it has provided (Metro, Mon).
