My hon. Friend was making an important point, and she is absolutely right. We also said very clearly that more than half of the £19 billion in taxes that we proposed to raise—a measure not completely different from the figure that the Government are seeking to raise—should be paid for by the top 2% of earners. I have not yet seen a similar analysis produced by the Government.
Finance Bill
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Liam Byrne
(Labour)
in the House of Commons on Tuesday, 13 July 2010.
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