Osborne accused of new Mummy tax

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George Osborne
George Osborne

PA Wire

George Osborne must have stood up for his Budget Speech with the sound of 'Pasty Tax' and 'Granny Tax' ringing in his ears. The aim this time round must surely have been to avoid handing the Labour Party a catchy-sounding stick to beat him with. Sadly for Osborne, he failed. Shadow Treasury Minister Catherine McKinnell last night identified the dangerous phrase that could ostracise around half of the voter population: The Mummy Tax.

She said an attack on mums was hidden in the small print of the statement. So what has she found?
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