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Budget Resolutions and Economic Situation

No, I will not give way any more—sit down. I will give the hon. Gentleman the treatment that he deserves.

In the Budget, we have sought to help those at the bottom of the earnings scale by taking them out of tax altogether. I am incredibly proud, as a Liberal Democrat, to stand at this Dispatch Box and say that, come next April, the rise in the personal allowance will mean that typical basic rate taxpayers will be £800 a year better off than they would have been under the previous Government’s plans.

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
578 c256 
Session
2013-14
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
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