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Crossrail - Pay back £400 mn public monies - No More Taxpayers money

No to corrupt Crossrail backed by Ken Livingstone | 30.08.2007 12:49

The Centre for Cities thinktank (who are these people and who are they funded by) has proposed a 4 per cent increase in business rates to fund schemes like Crossrail but as a third of big business does not pay any tax, where do you think this money will come from? You guessed it - taxpayers ...
PriceWaterhouseCoopers there if you want to fleece taxpayers and fiddle the books. Reuters again makes claims some businesses would support ring fenced schemes but guess what no names of such businesses and no plans to ringfence taxpayers money. No to post National Audit Office investigation

CALL FOR EXTRA BUSINESS RATE

The Centre for Cities thinktank has proposed a 4 pence increase in business rates, saying the supplementary business rate could fund more than 10 billion pounds of investment in public transport projects. In research undertaken with PwC, the thinktank said that the increase could fund such schemes as London's Crossrail and an upgrade of Birmingham's New Street station. Though business groups have traditionally been suspicious of supplementary rates, some have recently indicated they might support schemes that were ring-fenced, time-limited and clearly supported by local businesses.

No to corrupt Crossrail backed by Ken Livingstone

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  1. Right wing Centre for Cities Thinktank — anti-crossrail campaign across London
  2. Confused — Norville B
  3. City think tank propaganda is designed to fraud taxpayers with Crossrail — anti-crossrail campaign across London