MPs rally against plan to end water rates relief

By David Ainsworth, Third Sector Online, 25 April 2008

Plans to stop charities getting relief from water rates have been criticised in the House of Commons.

Five MPs have signed an early day motion expressing concern about the “disproportionate financial burden” that the change to water billing will place on charitable organisations when the new rules come into force from 2010. The five MPs are: Sir Nicholas Winterton, Conservative MP for Macclesfield; Ann Winterton, Conservative MP...

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