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Loan Charge

Part of Treasury – in the House of Commons at on 11 October 2022.

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Photo of Mike Amesbury Mike Amesbury Labour, Weaver Vale

Too many ordinary people are facing huge Bills, untold distress and, in some cases, personal harm and indeed suicide because of the loan charge scandal. Can the Minister and the Government now commit themselves to finally commissioning a truly independent review to deal with this mess?

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