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But, after being elected, ministers made a point of telling the public, repeatedly, about the terrible state the Tories left the country’s finances in – and how theyAs more and more questions were asked over just where – or who – those funds would come from, it looked like employers’ contributions to
“We made a clear commitment in our manifesto not to increase the key taxes that working people pay – National Insurance, income tax and VAT. She added: “People who go out and make their money through work are, by definition, working people and the key taxes that working people pay… they will not be rising.”on Friday that workers who get additional income from assets – like shares or property – “wouldn’t come within my definition” of working people.
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