My hon. Friend makes a brilliant point about tax credits. As a small business owner, I was shocked to receive a call from one of my staff saying that they did not want the pay rise I had just emailed them about because they would lose so much in tax credits. Is this not a crazy dependency culture that is holding back productivity?
Productivity
Proceeding contribution from
James Cartlidge
(Conservative)
in the House of Commons on Wednesday, 17 June 2015.
It occurred during Opposition day on Productivity.
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2015-16
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