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  Local Government Finance Bill - Clause 8 -  Council Tax Reduction Schemes
  
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  @ MP voted aye to require local councils to consider the impact of schemes to reduce council tax for those in financial need on those in, or seeking employment, and on levels of poverty, including child poverty, in the area. 
  @ MP voted no against requiring local councils to consider the impact of schemes to reduce council tax for those in financial need on those in, or seeking employment, and on levels of poverty, including child poverty, in the 
  
  The majority of MPs voted against requiring local councils to consider the impact of schemes to reduce council tax for those in financial need on those in, or seeking employment, and on levels of poverty, including child poverty, in the area. 
  
  
  The text of the rejected amendment was:
  
  :amendment 66, page 5, line 6, at end insertâ
  :â(1A) In exercising its powers under section 1(b) the authority must have regard to the impact of the scheme onâ
  :(a) those persons in the area who are in employment or actively seeking employment, and
  :(b) the levels of poverty in the area, including the levels of child poverty.â.
  
  The amendment would have resulted in the above text being added to clause 8[1] of the Local Government Finance Bill[2].
  
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  * [1] [http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/bills/cbill/2010-2012/0265/cbill_2010-20120265_en_2.htm#pb2-l1g8 Clause 8 of the Local Government Finance Bill as at the time of the division]
  * [2] [http://services.parliament.uk/bills/2012-13/localgovernmentfinance.html Parliament's webpage on the Local Government Finance Bill (now the Local Government Finance Act 2012)]
  
  
  
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