37 Days
The headline last week was a tax raid on holiday cottages. The document underneath says something narrower, and it does not say when.
On 2 September Markus Campbell-Savours, Labour MP for Penrith and Solway, tabled written question 26763. He asked whether the Treasury had assessed the case for removing commercially let self-catering accommodation from non-domestic rating.
James Murray, Financial Secretary to the Treasury, answered on 10 September. He did not answer that question.
His words: "Concerns have been raised about Small Business Rates Relief being used by second homeowners whose main…
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