The Government have made a great deal of their efforts to support middle-income families, but frankly their words have been empty. They have prioritised those at the top. Will the Minister say whether his Government will rule out reducing tax further for high earners to 40%? I give him the opportunity to say so now. The revenue that the Government are forgoing could be used to support others—to get young people back to work, for instance.
Finance Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Rushanara Ali
(Labour)
in the House of Commons on Tuesday, 1 July 2014.
It occurred during Debate on bills on Finance Bill.
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