The Tories have been happy to attack the Labour plan to increase the top rate of income tax back to 50p, but George Osborne today refused to rule out cutting the top rate of tax again to 40p.
Ed Miliband’s plan – announced this weekend – to try and “Make Work Pay” by incentivising businesses to pay the Living Wage is one that should be welcomed, but it does not go far enough.
The Mail vs Miliband row rumbles on – last night Alastair Campbell demolished the Deputy Editor of the Mail on Newsnight.
A recent poll from Opinium/ The Observer shows support for UKIP starting to waver. While their support at 16% is still double that of the Liberal Democrats (a Party in government and with 57 MPs) it has dropped 3 points, falling to their lowest level of support since March.
There has been a great deal of excitement recently over polling data that suggests that young people are more likely to vote Tory. Except the polling doesn’t suggest anything of the sort…