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hit by the cuts in work. The truth is that David Cameron has introduced a Strivers’ Tax – a one-earner family on £20,000 stands to lose £279 a year as a result of his tax credit and benefit reforms.


But there is another way. In a speech last month, Ed Miliband outlined a fairer tax system that works for everyone. As well as cancelling the millionaire’s tax cut and the slashing of working tax credits, Labour would introduce a mansion tax on homes worth over £2 million and use the money to cut taxes for working people on low and middle incomes, benefiting many basic rate taxpayers in Edinburgh South alone. We also need to change the culture


in our economy so that everyone knows that, when you play your part and contribute to the economy, you will be rewarded. This means tackling vested interests, improving vocational training and supporting businesses that create quality, sustainable, middle-income jobs.


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