In addition to the Government’s proposals to allow councils to charge full council tax on second homes, other Liberal Democrat MPs and I have tabled an amendment to the Local Government Finance Bill to give councils the discretion to introduce a Second Home Premium. Second home owners often ask why they should be ‘punished’ in
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LiberalDemocratVoice on 31st Jan 2012 (via libdemvoice.org)
MPs could be given "lump sum" expenses payments and allowed to continue claiming for the cost of mortgages on their second homes, under plans being considered by a parliamentary watchdog.
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Telegraph on 25th Nov 2011 (via telegraph.feedsportal.com)
Parliament's expenses body is consulting on proposals to allow MPs to keep claiming mortgage interest on second homes and claim "lump sum" allowances without receipts.
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BBCPolitics on 24th Nov 2011 (via bbc.co.uk)
Earlier this week, the Lib Dems’ Communities and Local Government Minister Andrew Stunell wrote here on LibDemVoice about the Coalition’s measures to increase councils’ powers to cut tax relief to those with second homes: … our plans [are] to allow local authorities to charge an Empty Homes Premium – up to an extra 50% of
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LiberalDemocratVoice on 4th Nov 2011 (via libdemvoice.org)
Owners of second homes could lose council tax discounts, under new plans to be announced by Communities Secretary Eric Pickles on Monday.
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BBCPolitics on 29th Oct 2011 (via bbc.co.uk)
Owners of second homes are to lose council tax discounts in a major shake-up to be announced by ministers.
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Telegraph on 29th Oct 2011 (via telegraph.feedsportal.com)
A series of high-profile Holyrood politicians are in line for profits of up to £70,000 each from selling second homes they bought with the assistance of their taxpayer-funded expenses.
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Telegraph on 24th Jan 2011 (via telegraph.co.uk)
So reports the Independent on Sunday: Owners of second homes could be stripped of their council tax discount under Liberal Democrat plans to raise millions of pounds for town halls. Danny Alexander, the Lib Dem Chief Secretary to the Treasury, is among ministers who back ending rules that force local authorities to cut bills by
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LiberalDemocratVoice on 28th Nov 2010 (via libdemvoice.org)
Over on his blog Jonathan Calder makes a good point about the speech-making abilities of Liberal Democrat President Tim Farron: My impression of Tim is that he is very good at saying things people agree with. So in Cumbria he is against second homes and in favour of farming subsidies and Kendal mint cake… Now
Cornwall Council members such as Alex Folkes have been pushing for some time for the council to tighten up its implementation of electoral registration rules in the face of the county's large number of second homes.
