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Lib Dem conference: Nick Clegg in minimum wage tax pledge
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Lib Dem conference: Nick Clegg in minimum wage tax pledge
Nick Clegg says he will push to ensure no one on the minimum wage pays income tax if the Lib Dems are in government after the next election. The Lib Dem leader said coalition government was good for the UK but did not indicate whether he favoured partnership with the Tories or Labour. He refused to spell out his red lines - the policies he would "die in a trench for" in coalition negotiations. But he said tax fairness would continue to be the party's "signature tune". Mr Clegg told the BBC's Andrew Marr programme coalition governments would be more likely in future rather than "these slam-dunk results where one or the other of the two major parties always get a majority" Speaking from the Lib Dem annual conference in Glasgow, he said political parties needed to be "up-front with the British people about those issues which we really will die in the trench for and those which clearly will depend on political and economic circumstance".....Read more hereTags: None
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