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from a UK House of Commons proceedings record by HANSARD dated 23 November 2010
[emphases added]
[ Speech by David Hanson MP for Delyn; the UK Labour Party]
“.... The key issue before the House is the payment holiday.
We do not believe that it is being proposed fairly, honestly or
We do not believe that it is being proposed fairly, honestly or
Openly, and we do not believe that it will help the poorest and most deprived areas of the UK, which in great part are excluded from the scheme. Of
The top 12 most deprived local authorities on the economic deprivation index; no fewer than seven will be excluded from the payment holiday. The
seven boroughs of Hackney, Newham, Tower Hamlets, Islington, Barking and Dagenham, Haringey and Lambeth are excluded from the scheme. "