Tory council happily running 'conservatory tax' for past five years
Homeowners in Conservative-run Uttlesford must enact basic energy-efficiency measures if they want to build extensions – the same idea David Cameron just scrapped
A Conservative council in Essex has been running a so-called "conservatory tax" for five years without complaint, the Guardian has learned. On Tuesday, David Cameron ruled out plans to require that...
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