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The tax was unfair.It is the Government’s right to tax what it wants to tax. We live in a democracy. However, if the Government is going to do that, it should make it fair, for God’s sake.
It is a good question, but it is very complicated.One of the big challenges that we face is trying to enable people with significant difficulties to livelives that are as normal as possible.
Something is wrong if that is to be the basis for making payments, because it will not enable people to live independently. That cuts across our views about self-directed support and independent living, because it is not conducive to those objectives.
The best way of getting the most informed priorities for spending money is by asking people to bring their lived experience to the table and be part of the process.
The park itself is a wonderful place for visitors to see that elusive and iconic creature, which is the only free-living native forest cat in the British isles.
No amount of barracking will get away from that fact.In effect, the Labour amendment expects the public to pay for people to live in homes that are too large for their needs.