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By David Singleton Downing Street has insisted the lobbying register remains “part of the Coalition agreement” and that David Cameron believes it is an “important issue”. However, Number 10 has not said when legislation will finally e... Continue to article
Minister for Political and Constitutional Reform, Chloë Smith: In January 2012, the Government announced the establishment of a Commission to consider how the House of Commons might deal with legislation which affects only part of the Un... Continue to article
The Government wants to see all councils agree to freeze their council tax. Writing exclusively for PoliticsHome Chloe Smith, the Economic Secretary to the Treasury, said the Conservatives had "delivered" on their election pledge to freeze the tax, which doubled under Labour. She added that there was a "strong moral case" for the tax freeze as well, and urged those councils which have currently not frozen council tax to do so.
20/02/2012 in Tax
The Government wants to see all councils agree to freeze their council tax. Writing exclusively for PoliticsHome Chloe Smith, the Economic Secretary to the Treasury, said the Conservatives had "delivered" on their election pledge to freeze the tax, which doubled under Labour. She added that there was a "strong moral case" for the tax freeze as well, and urged those councils which have currently not frozen council tax to do so.
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