“It’s the Tories fault we have to abolish the 10p tax rate,” says Jane Kennedy [paraphrased from her Newsnight interview].
Excuse me?
- How long have you – the Labour Party – been in government? Very nearly eleven years. I think it’s about time to stop blaming the Tories.
- Gordon Brown introduced this change when he was Chancellor in 1999. And he said:
The new 10p rate – the lowest starting rate of tax in Britain for more than 35 years – will make work pay and help people, especially those who are low-paid, to keep more of the money that they earn… When we make promises, we keep them.
Yes, Brown really keeps his promises! In 1999, he wanted to “make work pay and help people”. So one can but assume that now, he wants to make work not pay and hurt people.
[...] to someone who has just been clobbered by an increase in their tax rate after Brown scrapped the 10p tax rate, followed by the massive rise in the cost of essentials such as fuel, power, and food. Such people [...]
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