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Originally Posted by g jones
More scandous is Labours proposal to stop council tax relief on long term epmties which would save £100 of tax payers money. What did our local Tories do. Shout it down saying it was a crackpot policy, then voted to end the debate before it started, then tory landlords refused to declare and interest and went on to vote it down. There presence didn't matter because the double dealing independents have already sold their votes for favours to the controlling Tories.
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The way the debate and vote went does sound a bit iffy.
So by empties do you mean empty properties full stop or just ones up for rent?
I am not sure what I think about paying council tax on empty houses. After all an empty house is not using many of the council services. Maybe they should pay a reduced rate while empty. Trouble is you would get all the fraudulent empty claims so might be easier to just charge for empty houses. I wonder who would pay if a house had been repossessed?
So what favours are the double dealing independents after?