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Government urges councils to stop giving tax breaks to Scientology

Title: Government urges councils to stop giving tax breaks to Scientology
Date: Friday, 15 October 2010
Publisher: The Guardian (UK)
Author: Rajeev Syal
Main source: guardian.co.uk

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Communities secretary Eric Pickles says majority of the public does not want 'controversial organisation' to be given favourable treatment The government is urging councils across the country to stop giving hundreds of thousands of pounds in tax breaks to the Church of Scientology. The communities secretary, Eric Pickles, said a majority of the public did not want the "controversial organisation" to be given the favourable treatment usually reserved for charities, and questioned this use of public money. The church is not ... [Read the rest at guardian.co.uk]