Backlash at online budget advert

Press Association
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Screengrab taken from the @grantshapps Twitter feed of a message that the Conservative chairman Grant Shapps posted. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Issue date: Wednesday March 19, 2014. The Tories faced a backlash after an online Budget advert hailed the bingo and beer tax breaks as
Screengrab taken from the @grantshapps Twitter feed of a message that the Conservative chairman Grant Shapps posted. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Issue date: Wednesday March 19, 2014. The Tories faced a backlash after an online Budget advert hailed the bingo and beer tax breaks as

%VIRTUAL-SkimlinksPromo%The Tories faced a backlash after an online Budget advert hailed the bingo and beer tax breaks as "helping hardworking people do more of the things they enjoy".

Conservative chairman Grant Shapps posted the message on Twitter, asking readers to "spread the word" about the cut in duty on bingo halls from 20% to 10% and the penny off a pint of beer.

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