The waiting list for routine hospital treatment in England has fallen to 7.57m
In the Commons Matthew Pennycook, the housing minister, is responding to the urgent question about council tax. (See 9.41am.)
He says there have been caps on the extent to which councils can raise council tax every year since 2012. And he says the current cap – 5% for councils which have social care responsibilities – were put in place by the last government. Any council that wants to go beyond the cap has to hold a referendum.
Grassroots music venues are one of the UK’s most valuable and yet undervalued cultural assets. They are where bands try out new material, where whole new genres are born, where musicians experiment and where audiences get to experience the raw power of live music.
These venues support thousands of jobs and are a vital part of our local communities. Without a flourishing grassroots music industry the rest of our music industry will wither.
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