Cameron Faces Rebellion by at Least 16 Tories Over Solar Tax
- Labour Planning Parliamentary Bid to Overturn Tax Increase
- Tax on solar panels would quadruple following EU ruling
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At least 16 U.K. Conservative Party lawmakers plan to rebel against government plans to raise sales tax on solar panels and insulation materials, taking a stand against measures imposed by the European Union.
The lawmakers, including Euro-skeptics Graham Brady, Bernard Jenkin, Edward Leigh and Jacob Rees-Mogg, are supporting an amendment put forward by the opposition Labour Party to the government’s budget resolution. It would strike down the increase in value-added tax on energy-saving and low-carbon energy products to 20 percent from 5 percent.