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Chancellor offers unequivocal backing to colleague following stamp duty errorThe Home Office has asked the high court to postpone the hearing of Epping Forest district council’s legal action against the owner of the Bell hotel in Epping by six weeks, PA Media reports. PA says:The council is taking legal action against Somani Hotels over the use of the Essex hotel as accommodation for asylum seekers and had a temporary injunction granted by the high court last month overturned by the court of appeal on Friday.A full trial of the claim is scheduled for October, after which an injunction could be issued, but barristers for the Home Office asked the court today to push the case back by six weeks to allow the council and Somani Hotels to “reflect on the legal position now established by the court of appeal”.Well, look, Angela tried to do the right thing, and of course it is incumbent on all of us to try to properly understand the rules, and she is now working to make sure that the correct tax is paid. Continue reading...

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