Later this morning, Nick Clegg will be giving a speech to the Resolution Foundation in which, after recent talk about wealth taxes, he is returning to the topic of income tax cuts. More specifically, speeding up the progress towards a basic income tax allowance of £10,000 whilst keeping the 50p rate. This is of course closely

High earners would be lumbered with the heaviest financial burden for a generation under a £17 billion Liberal Democrat plan to alleviate the impact of income tax on the poor.

Nick Clegg was invited to write a piece for Danny Finkelstein's superblog Comment Central this morning making the case for immediate tax cuts. He writes: We would cut the basic rate of income tax by 4p (that's an extra 1000 quid per year for someone on 30k) by ending the tax relief on pensions for top earners, upping green taxation and charging capital gains as income. Straightforward, c...

Readers may be interested in an e-petition on the HM Government website which calls on the Government to implement the tax cuts for the poorest which Nick Clegg called for last week.  It says: Please sign this to persuade George Osborne to fast track the Lib Dem policy to increase the income tax threshold to

Liberal Democrat leader unveils alternative plan to raise personal allowance for income tax to £10,000 Nick Clegg today replaced the Liberal Democrats' plan for a 4p cut in the basic rate of income tax with an alternative proposal to reduce tax bills for most earners by £705 a year. The Lib Dem leader said that his proposed tax cut, which would take the form of the income tax pers...

Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg is placing tax reform at the centre of the party's election strategy.

The Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg announces his plans for the coalition government to go "further and faster" in raising the pay level at which people start paying income tax to £10,000 a year.

The Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg visited his new Scots counterpart Tavish Scott yesterday and backed his support for local income tax.

After a bad start Guido is beginning to warm to Clegg. He is clearly one of us right-wing "punk tax cutters" that Danny Finkelstein warns his readers about. He is advocating a "socially just" income tax cut of 2p and the LibDems also back substantially raising tax thresholds as well. This would really help millions of people on lower incomes and give them a greater disposable income. We need econo...

According to the widely-leaked reports of the Chancellor Alastair Darling’s pre-budget reports, we can expect the following measures: VAT: Temporary 2.5% cut Income tax: 5p increase for top earners after next election Vehicle excise duty: Postpone planned increase 10p tax rebate: Extend for another year Corporation tax: Next rise postponed The Lib Dems’ Vince Cable is sceptical of the ...