News from Hull Labour

Liberal Democrat Council Leader slams “bad” VAT increase

The Liberal Democrat Leader of Hull City Council this week attacked his own Government’s planned VAT rise to 20 per cent.

Councillor Carl Minns tabled a motion at a meeting of Hull City Council which declared:

“Council agrees that this is a bad initiative and urges Government to do all that they can to avoid the need to implement the increase”.

Cllr Minns’ motion was supported unanimously by the controlling Liberal Democrat group on the Council.

This further demonstration of Liberal Democrat disillusion follows last week’s criticism of the ConDem government by the Leader of the Liberal Democrat group on Liverpool City Council, who predicted that “the Lib Dems will be wiped out in the North by Labour”.

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