Conservative plans to give married couples a tax break must take second place behind a Liberal Democrat tax cut for low-earners, Nick Clegg has insisted.
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Telegraph on 3rd Feb 2012 (via telegraph.feedsportal.com)
David Cameron will be acting like a "dictator" if he allows homosexual couples to wed, Archbishop of York Dr John Sentamu says in an interview with The Telegraph.
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Telegraph on 27th Jan 2012 (via telegraph.feedsportal.com)
Tony and Cherie Blair are renowned - some may say notorious - for enjoying the largesse of wealthy friends. But even by their own standards, their closeness to one of Hollywood's best connected couples may take some beating.
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Tony and Cherie Blair are renowned - some may say notorious - for enjoying the largesse of wealthy friends. But even by their own standards, their closeness to one of Hollywood's best connected couples may take some beating.
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Telegraph on 7th Jan 2012 (via telegraph.feedsportal.com)
Couples with young children will be hardest-hit by changes in the tax and benefit system, with the typical family losing more than £1,200 over five years, a new study has estimated.
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Telegraph on 4th Jan 2012 (via telegraph.feedsportal.com)
Research by the Surrey Welfare Rights Unit presents a grim prospect for the New Year for thousands of people in Surrey who depend on benefits or tax credits for a civilised life. Married couples without children who are in receipt of housing benefit and are between the age of 25 and 35 are to have their housing benefit reduced to the single room rate. Checks are to be made on anyone on jobseekers ...
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LabourMatters on 3rd Jan 2012 (via labourmatters.com)
The Times published a leader on Monday praising Nick Clegg for publicly challenging David Cameron and the Conservatives on certain matters of policy. Nick’s robust statements on the subject of a tax break for married couples were welcomed by the paper as it also highlighted other Liberal Democrat successes. The principle of a State that provides
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LiberalDemocratVoice on 21st Dec 2011 (via libdemvoice.org)
Nick Clegg has attacked the Conservative Party's idea of tax breaks for married couples, saying it is an example of the party's reluctance to change.
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BBCPolitics on 19th Dec 2011 (via bbc.co.uk)