Am I being a little cynical when I say that the Government have devised a scheme that is now so complicated—top-ups, tariffs, set-asides, then revaluations, and on top of that the fact that only 50% of business rates will be returned to local authorities, and a rate support grant element as well—that when they achieve what they are trying to do, the transfer of money from deprived communities to more affluent communities, it will be virtually impossible to explain to anybody what they have done?
Local Government Finance Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Clive Betts
(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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