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Manchester supercasino will now not be built
Govt abandons supercasinos amid gambling concerns

The government has formally dropped plans for a Las Vegas-style supercasino. In a bid to offset criticism and a potential legal challenge from Manchester, selected last year as the site for the first supercasino, ministers will instead promise a multimillion pound regeneration package. Culture secretary Andy Burnham confirmed the government will not authorise plans for… Read more »

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Up to 400,000 homes in England 'could be overtaxed'
Thousands ‘paying too much council tax’

Up to 400,000 households could have been wrongly paying too much council tax after ministers quashed concerns many homes had been wrongly banded. Minutes released by the council tax revaluation programme board show ministers have known for up to two years that thousands of homes have been incorrectly banded, leaving householders paying too much council… Read more »