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Could Labour be about to block the solar VAT hike?

Madeleine Cuff
Madeleine Cuff
clock 17 March 2016 •
Could Labour be about to block the solar VAT hike?

New Labour amendment seeking to allow solar an exemption from higher VAT tax rate is winning cross-party backing

The "tampon tax" may have been grabbing the headlines, but the long-running row over VAT on solar panels may be about to steal the political limelight as it emerges that a host of Eurosceptic Tory MPs...

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