Do you agree with the abolition of the 10p rate of income tax?
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Liberal Democrats
Votes for: 6 Votes against: 1 The Government can try and dress this tax rise up as much as it wants. However, the fact remains that millions of low paid people are now paying more tax. The abolition of the 10p rate is clear evidence that the Prime Minster has lost all touch with ordinary people. Cuts in the basic rate of tax are welcome but this cannot be at the expense of those on very low incomes. - Vince Cable Liberal Democrat Shadow Chancellor. |
Scottish National Party
Votes for: 1 Votes against: 0 The SNP officially back the call to reverse the abolition of the 10p tax rate. The Labour Party's decision to abolish the starting rate means that taxes have increased for hundreds of thousands of Scottish tax payers who previously paid only the 10% rate and for over 680,000 Scots households. |
United Kingdom Independence Party
Votes for: 0 Votes against: 1 UKIP want to make all taxpayers better off (mostly by £1,100 per year) and take a further 4.5 million lower paid out of income tax altogether by raising the tax-free personal allowance to £9,000 and merging existing income tax bands and employee’s National Insurance contributions into a single flat income tax at a rate of 33%. |
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10 p tax cut: massive mistake. The government will probably pay for it at the next election. Poor gordie, he really is useless. Labout need a new leader!