Over the last year, I have frequently said we must cut taxes for millions of hard-working Britons, not for millionaires. You can see this most recently in The Sun.
I believe in lower taxes for lower earners, and am urging the Government to cut taxes for the the many, not just the few. That is why, for many months, I have campaigned hard for a freeze in petrol and diesel taxes.
This would benefit everyone in Harlow: small businesses, families filling up their cars and vans, and pensioners hit by rising food prices, as the cost of road haulage is rocketing through the roof.
To be fair, the Government has listened, and they have now scrapped the 4p per litre fuel duty increase, which had been planned for January 2012.
The other important policy here - which I welcome - is that this Government has raised the threshold of income tax, so it will go up to more than £8,000 per year in 2012. This will lift more than 1,000,000 people on low wages out of paying tax altogether.
by Robert Halfon - www.roberthalfon.blogspot.com
Well done, Rob, on your persistent campaign.
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