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Analysis – Election 2010: What the parties proposed, and what we've got

A list showing the pre-Election tax proposals of the political parties, highlighting common ground and key differences, plus the subsequent tax priorities of the Coalition Government as set out in the Coalition Agreement

Bellow sets out the pre-Election tax proposals of the Conservatives the Liberal Democrats and (for old times' sake) Labour — illustrating where there is existing common ground for a coalition government and crucially where there are key differences.

The stated position of the coalition government is set out in the Coalition Agreement document the relevant extracts of which are shown below.

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Conservative Liberal Democrat coalition negotiations
Agreements reached — 11 May 2010

Tax Measures

The parties agree that the personal allowance for income tax should be increased in order to help lower and middle income earners. We agree to announce in the first Budget a substantial...

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