Derek Armstrong has done it again!
Campaign for fair treatment of English
Householders in Scotland will have their council tax bills frozen until 2012 in a £210 million deal funded by English taxpayers.
Nationalist leaders of Scotland’s parliament in Edinburgh have pledged to keep council taxes unchanged after scrapping plans for a controversial local income tax.
This latest example of UK “apartheid” means that by the time of the London Olympics, Scottish families will be paying the same amount of council tax as they were in 2007, whereas English council tax bills are set to rise be almost £50 next year for an average property to plug a £2.5 billion black hole in local authority finances caused by the economic downturn.
This decision will fuel resentment south of the border over the way Scotland’s devolved government uses subsidies from the treasury to offer sweeterers denied to most of the rest of the UK.
The Scots already get free eye care and dental check-ups, free access to cancer drugs and free care homes for the elderly – now they will get council tax priveleges as well, at English tax payers’ expense.
Anyone who feels angry at this might consider joining the CEP (Campaign for an English Parliament).
The CEP is a non-political organisation that is working for an English Parliament so that the people living in England can at least have a political institution that fights for our interests.
Our telephone number is 07071 220234, which is not a mobile number.
Our website address is: http://www.thecep.org.uk/wordpress/
Derek Armstrong
Broseley
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