Now, let's just think through the logic of this. They are increasing the tax bill for landlords in a tight rental market. I wonder who landlords are going to pass those extra taxes on to. Could it be tenants? Now, let's just think about this: who are tenants and what are tenants often doing? Trying to save for a first home deposit. The Labour Party is so madly manic with taxing people that they have just scored yet another own goal. They've actually decided that the solution to the housing market is to tax it more. Well, if you could tax your way to prosperity, the Soviet Union—Duncan Webb's buddies; comrades—would have won the Cold War. But, unfortunately, nobody has ever managed to tax their way to prosperity. 