Caroline Spelman has responded to new evidence that emerged today of
Gordon Brown’s secret plans for council tax hikes on family homes.
A
new electronic Government tax handbook, complete with audio commentary,
reveals how taxmen are being trained to conduct inspections of people’s
homes and tax every home improvement and room.
Caroline
Spelman MP, Shadow Secretary of State for Communities & Local
Government, said that Labour Ministers have been "caught red-handed" in
training a "cadre of state snoopers" for a council tax revaluation in
England.
"These new electronic learning tools blow out of the
water any claims that the revaluation has been postponed, and proves
the more tax hikes are on the cards for after the election if Gordon
Brown clings to power", she said.
Spelman added: "Families
face being taxed for their sash windows and en-suite bathrooms. There
is nothing that Gordon Brown won’t tax. State bureaucrats are being
trained to measure up people’s homes and gardens and take intrusive
photographs for a sinister Big Brother database.
These inspectors have alarming powers to enter people’s homes - and
there is clear evidence that they now intend to exercise them. A
Conservative Government will protect hard-working families from this
home invasion; we will cancel the revaluation and abolish council tax
inspectors’ right of entry."