Hartlepool MP Iain Wright described a meeting with a government minister about the financial risk from business rates from the nuclear power station as “positive”. Mr Wright secured a meeting with Greg Clark, the Secretary of State for Local Government, to ask for help after an annual £3.9million cut in the power plant’s business rates payable to Hartlepool Borough Council.
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Hartlepool’s MP and civic leaders will today appeal to a Government minister for a fairer deal after a massive tax bill cut to the town’s nuclear power station. Hartlepool Borough Council saw £3.9million a year in business rates it receives from the power plant wiped out after a review last year.
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