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		<title>Time for landlords to pay their fair share!</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[St Andrews Q.V.]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Feb 2021 20:10:51 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Note from the Editor: this letter from the General Secretary Chester Community Voice will resonate with many in St Andrews. Sir, Despite repeated requests from many town and gown groups, local authorities and university community groups over many years, the UK Government has persistently refused to legislate to make owners of Student Houses in Multiple &#8230; <br /><br /><a href="http://standrewsqv.org.uk/2021/02/time-for-landlords-to-pay-their-fair-share/" class="more-link">Read more<span class="screen-reader-text"> "Time for landlords to pay their fair share!"</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Jobs or Services? Council faces funding gap dilemma</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[St Andrews Q.V.]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2020 14:35:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Cllr David Ross]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Council Tax]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Eileen Rowand]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Fife Council’s Labour co-leader, David Ross, has warned councillors that the Council faces a choice between freezing pay of Council employees or cutting jobs and services within Fife, in the absence of further funding from the Scottish Government. Covid-19 has cost the council an estimated £76m since the start of the pandemic and has contributed to &#8230; <br /><br /><a href="http://standrewsqv.org.uk/2020/11/jobs-or-services-council-faces-funding-gap-dilemma/" class="more-link">Read more<span class="screen-reader-text"> "Jobs or Services? Council faces funding gap dilemma"</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Council tax avoidance may be costing Fife Council up to £900,000 a year</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[St Andrews Q.V.]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Mar 2019 21:13:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Council Tax]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fife Council]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[small business bonus scheme]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tim Brett]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Willie Rennie]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[It has been estimated that the impact of two perfectly legal mechanisms for avoiding council tax may be costing Fife Council substantial sums in lost revenue. The first, involving second home owners switching from council tax to non-domestic rates, has been highlighted by Fife Liberal Democrats who have suggested that second home owners are gaming &#8230; <br /><br /><a href="http://standrewsqv.org.uk/2019/03/council-tax-avoidance-may-be-costing-fife-council-up-to-900000-a-year/" class="more-link">Read more<span class="screen-reader-text"> "Council tax avoidance may be costing Fife Council up to £900,000 a year"</span></a>]]></description>
		
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