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A Minister no one has heard of has issued an apology for something nobody heard.
Charlotte Atkins, the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Transport, whose brief includes 'Cycling and Pedestrian Issues' said in an interview on BBC Radio Stoke that the Government would scrap Council Tax as it was "regressive".
Atkins: wrong party
The gaffe, heard by literally tens of people across the Stoke-on-Trent region, further adds to the confusion over council tax policy after Local Government Minister Nick Raynsford appeared to change the current policy on banding last night on Newsnight.
The Tories had set the ball rolling by executing a perfect U-turn in withdrawing their support for revaluation yesterday. The position stated by Atkins in the radio interview is more akin to that of the LibDems, who are in favour of scrapping council tax and replacing it with a local income tax.
Charlotte Atkins, the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Transport, whose brief includes 'Cycling and Pedestrian Issues' said in an interview on BBC Radio Stoke that the Government would scrap Council Tax as it was "regressive".
Atkins: wrong party
The gaffe, heard by literally tens of people across the Stoke-on-Trent region, further adds to the confusion over council tax policy after Local Government Minister Nick Raynsford appeared to change the current policy on banding last night on Newsnight.
The Tories had set the ball rolling by executing a perfect U-turn in withdrawing their support for revaluation yesterday. The position stated by Atkins in the radio interview is more akin to that of the LibDems, who are in favour of scrapping council tax and replacing it with a local income tax.
