Election 2010 Party Manifestos: Tax Credits

Election 2010 Party Manifestos: Tax Credits

At long last, the election has finally been called for 6th May. The big question now is: how are we going to vote?

There are lots of reasons why people make the choices they do when they vote. Some traditionally stick to one party, some look at specific issues, and some the bigger picture. What we do know is that ‘floating voters’ (the ones who don’t have a traditional party allegiance) are the voters who make a significant difference. Interestingly recent studies show that these ‘floating voters’ are more likely to be women then men.

So to try and help those of you who don’t yet know how to vote, but reckon Tax Credits is a big enough issue to sway your vote, (and let’s face it with an overpayment of nearly £4k I’m going to be swayed by the guy who says ‘we’ll write that off’!), TCC thought we would try to establish a clear picture from the main parties to inform you of their positions.

In July 2009, Graham wrote to the three main Party leaders, asking them to tell us what their election manifestos contained with regard to Tax Credits and Tax Credit overpayments. Here’s the letter we sent to each Party leader

Response:-

Read the Lib Dem Party response

Read the Conservative Party response

Read the Labour Party response

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