My contribution will be short. When Albert Einstein wrote the general theory of relativity it was said that only three people in the world, including him, could understand it. Similar things were said when Isaac Newton wrote the ““Principia””. No such lavish claims have ever been made about the number of people who understand local government finance, although I suspect that over the years it has become so complicated—
Council Tax (New Valuation Lists for England) Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Graham Stringer
(Labour)
in the House of Commons on Monday, 7 November 2005.
It occurred during Debate on bills on Council Tax (New Valuation Lists for England) Bill.
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