Community charge scrapped

Title

Community charge scrapped

Genre

Speech; Parliamentary debate

TX Date

Unknown

Year of production

1991

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Duration

00:01:19

Description

Parliamentary speech (by Environment Secretary Michael Heseltine?) announcing the Government’s decision to abandon the community charge (poll tax). The charge will be replaced as soon as possible by a local tax based on number of adults resident and property value, with details to be worked out.

Contributors

Michael Heseltine?

Keywords

Fiscal policy; Community charge; Local taxation

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