Local Government Finance

Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at 7:16 pm on 17 May 2004.

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Photo of Adrian Sanders Adrian Sanders Liberal Democrat, Torbay 7:16, 17 May 2004

Is it not the case that those in high house-price areas—where the central Government grant is related to the tax base—which are also low-income areas will always be chasing a gap between what the Government give them and what local people can afford to pay? The council tax will always disadvantage such areas.