Some time ago I …….
…wrote about the budget changes and how the abolition of the 10p rate would affect those on low incomes. Well, my Income Tax on my Councillor’s allowance/pension has doubled. This allowance, as you will be aware, is not a salary as such, but is paid to us for our work for the community. To make such massive changes to the system of taxation without a care for those with low incomes is something we might expect from a Tory government, but Labour can no longer call itself the party with the following values:
.• social justice
• strong community and strong values
• reward for hard work
• decency
• rights matched by responsibilities
The Labour Party web page believes that ‘Britain is, without doubt, a better, more prosperous and fairer place.’ Fairer for whom? Better for whom? More prosperous for whom? There must be many hard-working low-waged people in UK struggling to make ends meet so I ask……
Is it now time to give the Liberal Democrats a turn in the driving seat?
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