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Campaigners set out proposals for a better deal for low-income taxpayers
Academy of Medical Sciences

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Marriage tax breaks policy would make around 4m couples around £150 a year better off
Analysis: For better or worse?

Marriage tax breaks might seem like a simple no-brainer to Conservative strategists, but the policy could lose them as many votes as it gains. By Alex Stevenson Imagine David Cameron’s worst nightmare: a surprise Labour victory. When the post-mortem takes place the marriage tax break is held up as a key factor in the electoral… Read more »

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Party leaders campaign around the country
Party leaders on home ground on first campaign weekend

By Aled Thomas The three main party leaders are spread out around the country on the first weekend of the election campaign. Prime minister Gordon Brown is on home turf today campaigning in Fife, after being formally adopted as candidate for Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath, meeting voters as they so some shopping in the spring sunshine…. Read more »