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By its very nature, transitional relief goes only to people in low-rated properties.
For those who can least afford it—those living in low-rated properties—the rise will be greater.
My only criticism is whether sufficient account has been taken of the special difficulties of owners of low-rented and low-rated property in rural areas.
They are low-rated, but the same applies to quite a number of their properties; in fact, it applies to most working-class properties in any town.
The authority is regarded as overspending because it is a low-rated area.
If you leave the quarter, the relative disadvantage of a high-rated area as against a low-rated area remains.
What is happening in respect of very low-rated properties in whole mining villages is grossly unfair.
He can be posted suddenly from a low-rated area to a high-rated area through no choice of his.