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New Mon 9 Apr 12 11:46 
 More green taxes. - Old Navy
I hear that some clown in the government is proposing that any home improvements should also have a compulsory environmental improvement required. A new boiler or conservatory were mentioned as requiring a linked green penalty.
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New Mon 9 Apr 12 12:10 
 More green taxes. - Old Navy
Found a link -

tinyurl.com/cb6n7xv (Daily Mail)
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New Mon 9 Apr 12 12:30 
 More green taxes. - L'escargot
The man who services our oil-fired boiler says that it's efficiency is significantly lower than that of modern boilers, so I assume that fitting a new (modern) boiler would reduce our oil consumption and would also reduce the amount of carbon dioxide the boiler emitted. Isn't that what the government wants? On that basis, why should we have to pay a levy on the improvement cost?
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New Mon 9 Apr 12 12:56 
 More green taxes. - Roger.
No, that is NOT what the Government wants.
What the Government wants is the capability of raising more taxes by using the spurious "green" argument.
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New Mon 9 Apr 12 13:02 
 More green taxes. - Zero
All this will achieve is a cowboys charter or unmaintained / unimproved housing stock.

All we will end up with is a market where houses can only be bought by builders to strip out or knock down and rebuild.
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New Mon 9 Apr 12 13:09 
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You have to wonder if those in charge wish to be re-elected, more to the point where do they find people who come up with this carp.

The more they legislate and tax the more we go underground.
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New Mon 9 Apr 12 13:43 
 More green taxes. - madf
Hmm This conflicts with quicker planning permissions and reduced legislation.

Ahh It's a Lib Dem scheme and Chris Huhne so never will see daylight.

Moronic to suggest Local government could run it.. 1,000 of extra inspectors and disputes as to what is new etc.

Some people should get a life and leave politics: preferably to prison.
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New Tue 17 Apr 12 14:58 
 More green taxes. - crocks
www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-17739694

Looks like it has been ruled out. But how long before someone tries to resurrect it?
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New Tue 17 Apr 12 15:32 
 More green taxes. - Clk Sec
>>But how long before someone tries to resurrect it?

I bet you a couple of warm pasties it'll not be long - the seeds have been sewn.
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New Tue 17 Apr 12 16:28 
 More green taxes. - madf
And politicians wonder why the electorate do not trust them...
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New Tue 17 Apr 12 20:55 
 More green taxes. - CGNorwich
"the seeds have been sewn."

Damn fine needlework ;-)
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New Wed 18 Apr 12 07:26 
 More green taxes. - Clk Sec
>> "the seeds have been sewn."

Well, it could have been a stitch up, couldn't it?
:-)
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