The personal allowance is up from £6,475 to £10,475: 26 million people are now keeping more of their own money.
The quote is from the Conservative Manifesto. Discuss.
Under Labour, it more than doubled. Under the Coalition, it has inched up by three per cent.
In the end, the Conservatives are a team. And what I am seeing around the country is that team playing at its best.
The Prime Minister stresses the threat that a Labour and SNP combination would pose to the rest of the country.
People listened to John Major when he was responding to hecklers.
Gove’s declaration that the Conservatives won’t have discussions with UKIP if the Commons is hung is tactically understandable but strategically wrong.
It doesn’t matter how you cut it: the seat I’m contesting is very much the flashpoint of all of the ideological battles we face with Labour during this election campaign.
Plus: Tories – too vague. UKIP – too specific. LibDems: what are they for? Why the polls could all be wrong. And: I win an award, and am baffled.
David Cameron will to measure any outcomes he reaches against Britain’s likely prospects in the event of Brexit. Here are three means of measuring them.
David Cameron: “We need to build a more secure Britain for our children, our granchildren and our country.”
Having failed to destroy the Union by turning Scottish voters against it, Salmond now proposes to do so by turning English ones against it instead.
They and other similar groups are a minor curiosity in this election, but they are a sign of a culture to the left of Labour in parts of our healthcare system.
What does the current leadership of the Party think? It has placed no strong reaffirmation of the Union in the election manifesto.