Local Government Finance

Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at 5:15 pm on 3 February 2000.

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Photo of Dave Watts Dave Watts Labour, St Helens North 5:15, 3 February 2000

Is my hon. Friend aware that Westminster is about the same size as St. Helens? If St. Helens received the same grant as Westminster, it would not need to charge any council tax whatever and could, at the same time, afford to send all its constituents on holiday to Spain. That shows how the previous Government fiddled the council tax system.