CHURCHES, village halls, charity shops and sports clubs across North East Hampshire face a new £20m tax from the Government, Tory MP James Arbuthnot has warned.

In the small print of obscure new regulations, the Government is abolishing charities and voluntary groups' long-standing exemption from music licensing rules – hitting them with unexpected new bills just for holding events with recorded music or for playing a radio.

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