Tim Farron
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Rachel Reeves
We have made a commitment that every single primary school in England will have a library by the end of this Parliament. The Department for Education will set out the process in due course, but any primary school without a library can rest assured that it will have one soon.
Tim Farron (Westmorland and Lonsdale) (LD)
Will the Chancellor consider in her Budget closing the loophole in small business rates relief that allows wealthy second homeowners to have their homes on the rental market for 72 nights a year and therefore avoid paying any tax whatsoever? My constituents working the minimum wage are having to subsidise them. That is not fair, is it?
Dan Tomlinson
We will set out the changes that we will make to business rates at the Budget.