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Friday 10 September 2010
Cut the VAT
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Dear Chancellor,
  
CUT VAT NOW FOR A GREENER BRITAIN! 

 

If the Government wants to achieve its aim to cut carbon emissions by 60% by 2050 then it needs to tackle the existing building stock that contributes 40% of the UK's total carbon emissions.  Cutting the current rate of VAT from 17.5% to 5% for all maintenance and home improvement work made to Britain's homes would, in a simple single act, do more to motivate homeowners to make their homes greener than any other policy measure.

 

Yours sincerely

 

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"If we do not want our countryside to be built over then we must change conditions so that it is cheaper and easier to make use of the existing properties we have in rural Britain. Cutting the VAT on labour and materials would have benefits for our countryside and the built environment. The current regime of 17.5% VAT rate acts a brake on the regeneration and re-use of vacant or under used buildings. Recycling our heritage by putting buildings back into beneficial use is an essential party of improving our quality of life."
 
Simon Hart, Chief Executive Countryside Alliance