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Protest over water and sewerage charges for churches
The United Reformed Church has produced a draft letter for use by churches to write to MSPs regarding the removal of church exemption from water and sewerage rates. "The November 2006 consultation paper contains no explanation or justification for the removal of the exemption scheme," it says."We are deeply concerned about the adverse impact which the new proposals will have on the costs of maintaining our church and halls. Our buildings play a vital role in providing a facility which can be used not just by the congregation but also by other community groups and users. The value of the social capital provided by faith communities such as ourselves has been recognised by the Scottish Executive and indeed by the Westminster government."
Full story at the United Reformed Church.
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