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Are the people who benefit from this going to vote Tory though, which is the goal?
It's just such a tiny demographic though. According to gov stats there are only 630k additional rate taxpayers in the entire country, presumably concentrated in a small number of London (safe Lab) and Home Counties (safe Con) constituencies? Very few in the traditional Middle England battlegrounds, you would think.
It's so puzzling. I could have understood giveaways to the red wall or whatever, but this must be ideologically-driven, i.e. they think it was "unfair" that Labour raised this rate from 40p to 45p, or somehow it's going to raise more money in the long run by stimulating growth.
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they think it was "unfair" that Labour raised this rate from 40p to 45p,
The Tories (well technically coalition) brought in the 45p band (from the previous Labour 50p band).
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Disaster capitalist donors and they are just there to provide good value for them?
The mistake may be thinking they actually care about governing all of the UK...
aggi
JWestland
Are the people who benefit from this going to vote Tory though, which is the goal?
That FT post suggests the answer is no - people would prefer not to lie on the floor of their bathroom for 9 hours before the ambulance arrives.