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Finance Bill

I am doing precisely that. However, as I have already said, the motivation for the measures was not helping poor people. Those who believe that our constituents on low to middle earnings welcomed the doubling of the tax rate delude themselves. The motivation was to ensure that Labour's poll ratings went into the stratosphere. Judging by the effect of the policy, as well as other mistakes that the Prime Minister has made, on Labour's poll ratings, it did not have its intended consequences. However, that does not mean that improving poll ratings was not the motivation.