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‘Lift tax in North but not South’ London
Jonathan Prynn, Consumer Affairs Editor20 Nov 2008
LONDON businesses today blasted a minister for suggesting that a property tax should be abolished in the North but was “appropriate” for the capital.
Chief whip Nick Brown told his local newspaper, The Northern Echo, that the £1.3 billion business rates levied on empty commercial properties were “destructive” for old industrial areas such as the North-East.
Steve Owen, deputy chief executive of industrial developer Brixton, said: “It's extremely unfair to apply it to only one part. The tax affects the whole of business, across the country.”
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Guess where Labour's votes come from.......? You guessed it I'm sure, the North!!! Half the Government shouldn't even be in Westminster as their constituencies are in Scotland.
- Mark, London, 20/11/2008 17:06
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