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  • LGO Reporter: The Valuation Office Agency have yet to learn the lesson of this case. They continue to make a complete mess of banding properties, neglect to correct errors in the Valuation List, and attempt to... (8 March 2009)
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  • John Thompson: Mr Blizzard's comments are misguided. The means tested benefit currently called Pension Credit has existed for many years. It was previously called Minimum Income Guarantee, previously Income... (27 April 2007)
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  • Robin Smith: Mr Blizzard said "That means that people who need accommodation in that sector are unable to get it, because of the benefit shambles caused by the local authority's administration." Is it not... (28 November 2006)
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  • Gill MacIver: If, as suggested by Lightfoot, the television licence was collect and chased by the local council then the BBC would not have enough separation from the government, the whole basis of the... (11 May 2006)
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  • Sam T: Chris Lightfoot says.... "If the licence fee were really a payment for use of the BBC's services, then it should vary between heavy and light users" I don't see why this is so: nobody would... (2 July 2004)
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  • Gregory Block: Okay, let's turn the tables on this argument. What I'm about to say is a bit of a stretch, and may be a complete grope in the dark, but here goes. Arguably, the segment of the market which... (1 July 2004)
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  • Chris Lightfoot: That URL doesn't work (because of the brackets); try this one: http://www.bbc.co.uk/thefuture/pdfs/bbc_ bpv.pdf or the text version at, http://www.bbc.co.uk/thefuture/text/bbc_... (30 June 2004)
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  • Tom Loosemore: Cost of collection currently = 5.7% of licence fee income (which the BBC aims to drop to 3.5% by 2010). However, a more pertinant efficiency measure for a universal licence fee model is the... (29 June 2004)
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  • Gregory Block: Perhaps the greatest value we can take from this discussion is that penetration of devices capable of receiving the benefits of BBC programmes have reached such a level that it is now acceptable... (29 June 2004)
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  • Chris Lightfoot: Actually he's quite wrong. Because in the current "digital age" content can be reproduced without degrading at zero marginal cost, one of the best models to pay for it is through taxation.... (29 June 2004)
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