Sunday 1 June 2008

10p tax fix leaves 1.1 million still worse off

Whilst Gordon Brown may have got some of the message about increasing tax on those on low incomes, he still has some way to go.

There are still about 1.1 million people on low incomes around £100 worse off. This is to pay for tax cuts on those on middle incomes or better.

The Liberal Democrats were the only party to oppose the abolition of the 10p rate. Vince Cable pointed out the problems when they were announced in the budget last year.

You can see full details on our tax policy.

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