I am very grateful to the Minister for giving way. He keeps using the word “localisation”, but it is obvious that what he is doing is localising cuts. He has spoken about raising £400 million and about the empty homes premium and the council tax discounts. Why are central Government being prescriptive about such measures? Why are they stating that homes must have been empty for two years? Why will they not give local authorities the power to decide how long a home needs to have been empty in order to qualify for the empty homes premium?
Local Government Finance Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Graham P Jones
(Labour)
in the House of Commons on Monday, 21 May 2012.
It occurred during Debate on bills on Local Government Finance Bill.
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