FINANCE

A failing Bill?

John Healey explains why he thinks the Finance Bill is failing.

The Local Government Finance Bill was rushed through the Commons, yet lay dormant for months before its recent arrival in the Lords. John Healey explains why he thinks the Bill is failing.

Government legislation in the House of Commons at present is like being trapped in traffic on an overcrowded motorway. Sudden surges of movement are followed by unpredictably long periods of going nowhere.

John Healey

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