That pesky 10p tax issue

I hope that Labour Prime Minister Gordon Brown will finally see sense over this issue. There are too many people on low incomes paying tax, just as there are too many people without living incomes who are either in work, on entitlements or retired. Every Labour MP should be demanding reforms to deal with this, starting with taking more people out of tax altogether. On Thursday the Labour Party's Joint Policy Committee meets. Among other things it should set the scene for reducing income and wealth inequalities ahead of the next General Election and removing the stain of increased inequality under Labour.