Danny Alexander seems to have forgotten that just 10 months ago he cut the top rate of tax for the top 1 per cent of earners- Chris Leslie
Chris Leslie MP, Labour’s Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury, responding to Danny Alexander’s comment on the top rate of tax, said:
“Danny Alexander seems to have forgotten that just 10 months ago he cut the top rate of tax for the top 1 per cent of earners. And that was after saying anybody who wanted to do this was living in ‘cloud cuckoo land’.
"After cutting taxes for the richest while breaking their election promise by raising VAT on everybody else nobody will believe a word the Lib Dems say on tax.
"Labour will reverse this tax cut for millionaires as we balance the books in the next Parliament in a fairer way. It tells you everything you need to know about David Cameron and George Osborne that they haven’t ruled out cutting the top rate of tax again.”
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The Telegraph article is online here:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/8673387/Danny-Alexander-cutting-50p-tax-rate-would-be-in-cloud-cuckoo-land.html
“Danny Alexander seems to have forgotten that just 10 months ago he cut the top rate of tax for the top 1 per cent of earners. And that was after saying anybody who wanted to do this was living in ‘cloud cuckoo land’.
"After cutting taxes for the richest while breaking their election promise by raising VAT on everybody else nobody will believe a word the Lib Dems say on tax.
"Labour will reverse this tax cut for millionaires as we balance the books in the next Parliament in a fairer way. It tells you everything you need to know about David Cameron and George Osborne that they haven’t ruled out cutting the top rate of tax again.”
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The Telegraph article is online here:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/8673387/Danny-Alexander-cutting-50p-tax-rate-would-be-in-cloud-cuckoo-land.html