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Clegg calls for garden cities tax cuts

Nick Clegg has called for homeowners to be compensated with council tax cuts if new garden cities are built nearby.

By Jamie Hailstone | 04 August 2014

Nick Clegg has called for homeowners to be compensated with council tax cuts if new garden cities are built nearby.

Speaking on the BBC programme Countryfile, the deputy prime minister said people should be compensated if new developments go ahead.

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