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Home improvements tax absurd - Teather

June 17, 2005 4:32 PM

Responding to the news that home improvements will lead to higher Council Tax bills, Liberal Democrat Local Government Spokesperson, Sarah Teather MP said: "It's absurd for the Government to be penalising people for investing in their homes.

"Council Tax revaluation will just prove how unfair it is to base local taxes on the value of someone's home.

"Labour just keeps putting up Council Tax because they are too scared to do anything meaningful to reform it.

"We need a fair local income tax, based on ability to pay, not a tax on home improvements."

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