Over the last month, George
Osborne's Budget
– a Budget which makes millions pay more so that millionaires can pay
less – has unravelled. But this week, the Tories and their Liberal
Democrat partners blocked Labour's attempts to stop the Budget's worst
measures. They voted for:
* Cutting the 50p top rate of tax, giving a £40,000 tax cut to 14,000 millionaires;
* A "Granny Tax" which will leave 4.4 million pensioners worse off;
* A "Pasty Tax" which increases the cost of hot pies, pasties and sausage rolls;
* And even tax rises on caravans and church repairs.
By backing these measures the Tories have shown why so many people are saying that they are out of touch. And the Lib Dems have shown why they can never again pose as a progressive party. Only Labour is standing up for the pensioners and working families who have been hardest hit by the Tory-led Government.
* Cutting the 50p top rate of tax, giving a £40,000 tax cut to 14,000 millionaires;
* A "Granny Tax" which will leave 4.4 million pensioners worse off;
* A "Pasty Tax" which increases the cost of hot pies, pasties and sausage rolls;
* And even tax rises on caravans and church repairs.
By backing these measures the Tories have shown why so many people are saying that they are out of touch. And the Lib Dems have shown why they can never again pose as a progressive party. Only Labour is standing up for the pensioners and working families who have been hardest hit by the Tory-led Government.
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