Oral Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
“To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to ensure that new housing is of the highest standard of environmental sustainability.”
Tabled: 14 July 2020Answered: 20 July 2020
Answering Minister
the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government
Answer from Hansard
Rachel Reeves
As my hon. Friend will know, in last year’s Budget we got rid of the non-dom tax status, increased capital gains tax, put VAT on private school fees and ended the loophole for private equity, as well as introducing further measures, in order to raise £40 billion. As a result, we are investing £300 billion more than would have been raised under the plans that we inherited from the Conservative party. Ours is the only country where—