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  Local Government Finance Bill - Clause 8 - Spending on Council tax Reduction Schemes
  
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  @ MP voted aye to require local councils to keep the amount they spend on council tax reductions for those in financial need the same from year to year. 
  @ MP voted no against requiring local councils to keep the amount they spend on council tax reductions for those in financial need the same from year to year. 
  
  The majority of MPs voted against requiring local councils to keep the amount they spend on council tax reductions for those in financial need the same from year to year. 
  
  The rejected amendment stated:
  
  :Amendment 79, pageÂ 4,Â lineÂ 35,Â at end insert-
  
  :â(1) Each local authority in preparing its council tax reduction scheme should start on the basis that, all other factors being the same, the total cost should be no greater or less than in the previous financial year.â.
  
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  * [1] [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)]
  * [2] [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]
  
  
  
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