We’ve all been there. You buy a washing machine, and three years later, it breaks. The repairman says: “It’s a sealed unit. It’ll cost more to fix than to buy a new one.”
So you throw it away and buy another one.
This isn’t an accident. It’s called Planned Obsolescence. It is a cynical business model designed to make you buy things twice. It fills our landfills with junk and drains your bank account.
Article 11 of the COMMONS manifesto is our “Clean Up” Act. It is a set of common-sense laws designed to fix the throwaway economy and close the tax loopholes that the wealthy hide behind.
The Right to Repair: Built to Last
We are ending the era of disposable tech.
Under Article 11, we introduce the Mandatory 10-Year Warranty.
- The Rule: If a company sells a durable good (like a fridge, laptop, or car) in the UK, they must guarantee it for 10 years.
- The Design: We are banning “sealed units.” Batteries must be replaceable. Components must be accessible.
This changes everything. Manufacturers will be forced to build high-quality products that last, because they are on the hook if they break. It saves you money, and it saves the planet from mountains of electronic waste.
Closing the “Charity” Loophole
We all support charity. We support the local soup kitchen, the lifeboat station, and the animal shelter.
But in the current tax system, “Charity” status is often used as a shield by massive institutions—like wealthy private schools and university endowments—to hoard assets tax-free.
Article 11 introduces a fairness test.
- The Threshold: Genuine charities are exempt. But any “Charitable” institution with assets over £5 million is treated as a Corporation.
- The Tax: They must pay the 2% Wealth Tax on their excess assets.
This ensures that a University acting like a property developer pays its fair share, just like a business. It stops the ultra-wealthy from parking money in “Foundations” to avoid the Wealth Tax.
Freelancer Freedom
Finally, we are cleaning up the bureaucracy for the self-employed.
In the old system, if you earned a few thousand pounds selling crafts or doing odd jobs, you had to file complex tax returns.
Because we have abolished Income Tax (Article 1), we can introduce Freelancer Freedom.
- The Rule: If your revenue is below £200,000, you do not need to report it.
- The Result: No receipts in shoeboxes. No accountants. You just do the work, get paid, and get on with your life.
A More Efficient Britain
Article 11 is about respect for resources. We are stopping the waste of materials (through the Right to Repair) and the waste of public revenue (through the Charity Loophole).
We are building an economy that is durable, honest, and built to last.
Next time: We look at how we simplify the financial system further. No more ISAs, no more SIPPs, and the end of Shadow Banking. We explore Article 12: Financial Simplification.
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