Tax cuts: giving with one hand and taking with another

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a man rising coins
a man rising coins

The Tories and Lib Dems are battling it over whose idea it was to raise the personal allowance threshold, but whoever came up with it first is irrelevant in light of one key question.

Lib Dem leader and deputy prime minister Nick Clegg has said he wants his coalition buddies to agree an income tax cut of £100 a year.

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