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My final set of questions seeks to wind up the debate on the recommendations by asking you to raise any issues that we may have missed so far. Have the recommendations led to any changes in your life?
Would you favour legislative measures that aimed to stamp out that practice—difficult though it may be to achieve—which is a severe drain on government, particularly at local level, and results in an unfair competitive disadvantage for those members who pay their bills?
One of the ESO’s highlighted the importance of supporting women start-ups, she expressed:
Just a kind of kick…there may be women who is working part-time…whatever money they bring in every month makes a big difference to the household.
On the basis of the current data we cannot conclude that the extra revenue from Council Tax is having an impact on the distribution of savings across the Pro-Poor to Pro-Rich spectrum. A reason for this may be that local authorities’ financial planning cycles are over a longer period than the two years of data used in the analysis.