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CEP: Our increasingly Disunited Kingdom: Stamp duty measures drive England and Scotland further apart

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Monday, 08, Sep 2008 12:00

'The Government's increase in the threshold for Stamp Duty from £125,000 to £175,000 does not actually work out as innocently and as fairly as at first it might appear,' states CEP member Mr Martin Edward, in his email message to the CEP membership. 'It benefits the Scots much more than the English. The overall average house price in England is £207,453. In Scotland it is £155,691. Proportionately therefore far more Scottish house-buyers than English house-buyers get the benefit of the stamp duty measure'

'It is just another example,' stated Michael Knowles, member of the CEP National Council, speaking at a rally in Berwick on Tweed in Northumberland on Saturday the 6th Sept, 'of the way devolution has worked to divide the United Kingdom to the advantage of Scotland and comparatively the disadvantage of England'. Members of the CEP were holding the rally in the market place in Berwick on Tweed in support of a Parliament for England. The rally formed the first one in a chain of events being held by the CEP from the most northern town in England to England's south coast over the month of September. The next three will be at the Lib Dem conference in Bournmouth, then at the Labour conference in Manchester and finally at the Conservative conference in Birmingham. 'Scotland and Wales both have a parliament dedicated to promoting their nations's interests. England does not. Every month almost a measure is announced which benefits Scotland and Wales, from council tax to prescriptions charges to hospital parking charges. Great Britain is becoming a more disunited kingdom by the day.'

Contacts:

Michael Knowles: Head of Media Unit.Tel: 01260 271139.

Scilla Cullen: Chairman Tel: 01438 833155

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