Wednesday, September 21, 2005
Revaluation
Revaluations put on hold
Clock reset on revaluation 'ticking tax timebomb'
David Potts, Conservative Councillor for the Cleadon & East Boldon Ward
today welcomed the Government's announcement that it is to postpone the
planned council tax revaluation in England until after the next election,
however Coun Potts went on to criticise local Labour MPs Stephen Hepburn and
David Miliband for initially voting for the revaluation during the Third
Reading of the Local Government Act 2003.
The Government has indicated that the controversial revaluation will be
postponed until after a review of local government taxation by former Labour
councillor, Sir Michael Lyons. During the general election, Conservatives
called for the council tax revaluation to be cancelled outright in light of
the experience in Wales, where revaluation has forced council tax bills to
go through the roof.
Coun Potts explained,
"Under Mr Blair and Labour led South Tyneside Council, council taxes across
the Borough have already soared by 63% per cent - adding £479 a year to the
typical bill. But I am concerned that future hikes are on the way,
engineered by Whitehall. Behind the spin, Labour's latest announcement is
only a postponement - not a cancellation - of the revaluation, and we are
still to find out what nasty surprises their review in local taxation will
bring.
"It seems to me that our local Labour MPs are in complete disarray over the
plans. Both Stephen Hepburn and David Miliband voted for the revaluation at
the Third Reading of the Local Government Act 2003. What do they have to say
now to the people of South Tyneside?"
"Only Conservatives have provided the effective opposition to these tax
hikes - by contrast, Liberal Democrats voted in Parliament to support
Government plans for revaluation and higher council tax bands. I fear that
Labour's third-term tax hikes planned for South Tyneside are still to come,
and all they have done is reset the clock on this ticking tax timebomb."
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Clock reset on revaluation 'ticking tax timebomb'
David Potts, Conservative Councillor for the Cleadon & East Boldon Ward
today welcomed the Government's announcement that it is to postpone the
planned council tax revaluation in England until after the next election,
however Coun Potts went on to criticise local Labour MPs Stephen Hepburn and
David Miliband for initially voting for the revaluation during the Third
Reading of the Local Government Act 2003.
The Government has indicated that the controversial revaluation will be
postponed until after a review of local government taxation by former Labour
councillor, Sir Michael Lyons. During the general election, Conservatives
called for the council tax revaluation to be cancelled outright in light of
the experience in Wales, where revaluation has forced council tax bills to
go through the roof.
Coun Potts explained,
"Under Mr Blair and Labour led South Tyneside Council, council taxes across
the Borough have already soared by 63% per cent - adding £479 a year to the
typical bill. But I am concerned that future hikes are on the way,
engineered by Whitehall. Behind the spin, Labour's latest announcement is
only a postponement - not a cancellation - of the revaluation, and we are
still to find out what nasty surprises their review in local taxation will
bring.
"It seems to me that our local Labour MPs are in complete disarray over the
plans. Both Stephen Hepburn and David Miliband voted for the revaluation at
the Third Reading of the Local Government Act 2003. What do they have to say
now to the people of South Tyneside?"
"Only Conservatives have provided the effective opposition to these tax
hikes - by contrast, Liberal Democrats voted in Parliament to support
Government plans for revaluation and higher council tax bands. I fear that
Labour's third-term tax hikes planned for South Tyneside are still to come,
and all they have done is reset the clock on this ticking tax timebomb."
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