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10p action tomorrow?

dailymail.co.uk
12-May-2008
        
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I missed what sounds like an epic Ed Balls briefing this afternoon. Nick Robinson has done a great summary on his blog, but the interesting bit now appears to be what the Schools Secretary said about "what can be done... ... I missed what sounds like an epic Ed Balls... [read full story]                    

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Former aide warned Gordon Brown not to abolish 10p tax band

 pinknews.co.uk 15-May-2008
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Brown begins fightback with tax compensation

 guardian.co.uk 12-May-2008
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pinknews.co.uk: Spencer Livermore was until recently the head of political strategy at 10 Downing St pinknews.co.uk

Former aide warned Gordon Brown not to abolish 10p tax band

pinknews.co.uk
15-May-2008
        

One of the Prime Minister’s closest aides advised him not to raise taxes for the lowest-paid workers in the country, more than a year before the decision became a political crisis. Spencer Livermore was until recently the head of political strategy at 10 Downing St. In December he was named the...

                   
pinknews.co.uk: Spencer Livermore was until recently the head of political strategy at 10 Downing St pinknews.co.uk

Former aide warned Gordon Brown warned not to abolish 10p tax band

pinknews.co.uk
15-May-2008
        

One of the Prime Minister’s closest aides advised him not to raise taxes for the lowest-paid workers in the country, more than a year before the decision became a political crisis. Spencer Livermore was until recently the head of political strategy at 10 Downing St. In December he was named the...

                   
pinknews.co.uk: Spencer Livermore was until recently the head of political strategy at 10 Downing St pinknews.co.uk

Gordon Brown warned not to abolish 10p tax ban

pinknews.co.uk
15-May-2008
        

One of the Prime Minister’s closest aides advised him not to raise taxes for the lowest-paid workers in the country, more than a year before the decision became a political crisis. Spencer Livermore was until recently the head of political strategy at 10 Downing St. In December he was named the...

                   

The Budget that destroyed Brown's alibi

timesonline.typepad.com
15-May-2008
        

I could barely listen to this morning's performance by the Prime Minister on the Today programme so irritating is his inability to give anything approaching a truthful, principled answer on any question and so painful the contrast with the way his predecessor handled such interviews. His attempt...

                   

10p: there's a better way

guardian.co.uk
15-May-2008
        

The chancellor's handout is a temporary fix for the 10p tax crisis, but there are better and fairer solutions The 10p mini-budget surrender will certainly quieten the overheated atmosphere about this tax debacle for the time being, and above all for next week's by-election. Third, the cost to the...

Today in Politics: is Brown rewriting history?

independent.co.uk
15-May-2008
        

by Andrew Grice Gordon Brown is trying to make a virtue out of his remarkable U-turn over the 10p tax rate. Interviewed on BBC's Today programme this morning, he argued that the £2.7bn tax cut announced on Tuesday was to help Britain survive the global economic downturn as well as to compensate...

Today in Politics: Is Brown rewriting history?

independent.co.uk
15-May-2008
        

By Andrew Grice Gordon Brown is trying to make a virtue out of his remarkable U-turn over the 10p tax rate. Interviewed on BBC's Today programme this morning, he argued that the £2.7bn tax cut announced on Tuesday was to help Britain survive the global economic downturn as well as to compensate...

That 10p fudge

libdemblogs.co.uk
15-May-2008
        

A bit late I know but hey, this is not a news site. Chancellor Darling's supplementary budget may well have taken the sting out of the doubling of the 10p tax rate for many but it has still left 1.1 million low-paid taxpayers worse off. It also smacks of desperation, something that the Government...

                   

The tax U-turn (with cute puppy pictures)

libdemblogs.co.uk
14-May-2008
        

We’ve all crunched numbers wrongly and had to backtrack. Embarrassing as it is, sometimes there is nothing to be done but bite the bullet, hold your hands up, make a clean breast of it, turn over a new leaf, dust yourself off and wake up and smell the backbench rebellion. So when it emerged that...

                   

Columnists: Tax proves rather taxing for Mr Brown

icnetwork.co.uk
14-May-2008
        

May 15 2008 by Tomos Livingstone, Western Mail Chancellor Alistair Darling surprised Westminster this week with a package to tidy up the tax row. Political Editor Tomos Livingstone examines the implications for taxpayers – and the Government’s reputation What I can’t do,” Alistair Darling said...

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