My hon. Friend is talking about plugging the hole caused by the 10% cut and highlighting the feeble arguments from Ministers about the flexibility around the second home discount. Has he asked himself why the Government have not considered the single person's discount, which is worth £2.4 billion in total—more than five times the 10% cut?
Local Government Finance Bill
Proceeding contribution from
John Healey
(Labour)
in the House of Commons on Tuesday, 31 January 2012.
It occurred during Debate on bills
and
Committee of the Whole House (HC) on Local Government Finance Bill.
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