11th November 2009 - Government pledges to end 'rain tax'

 Victory for local groups as Government pledges to end 'rain tax'
The Government has said it will introduce new legislation to end crippling water charge increases for community groups. The Flood and Water Management Bill will allow water companies to apply concessionary schemes for community premises, thereby ending the financial difficulties faced by community organisations being charged according to the size of their site instead of its rateable value. Congratulations to David Tyler and the Community Sector Law Monitoring Group who have been at the forefront of the campaign on this issue. http://bit.ly/cmpolicy or www.communitymatters.org.uk