No party went into the election promising to increase VAT, but the hon. Gentleman should make no mistake: the rise in VAT is a result of the public finances that we inherited from his Front-Bench colleagues. One could say that it is a Labour inheritance tax.
Capital Gains Tax (Rates)
Proceeding contribution from
Danny Alexander
(Liberal Democrat)
in the House of Commons on Monday, 28 June 2010.
It occurred during Budget debate on Budget Debate.
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