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LIBERAL Democrat Treasury Secretary Danny Alexander threatened a vicious new wave of public spending cuts yesterday with a £12.2 billion election vow to slash taxes.
He said the party’s pledge to raise tax-free allowances to £12,500 — a policy also being discussed by the Tories — would “be fair and help to make being in work pay.”
The step would benefit those on “low and middle incomes,” Mr Alexander suggested.
CAROL WILCOX argues for the proper implementation of the land value tax, which could see unused plots sold off and landlords priced out of landlordism, potentially resolving the housing and planning crises
We cannot refuse to abolish the unjustifiable two-child benefit cap that pushes children into poverty while finding billions of pounds for defence spending — the membership and the public expect better from Labour, writes JON TRICKETT MP
