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Commenting as 21 Labour MPs voted with the Liberal Democrats against raising the higher rate tax threshold, Lib Dem Leader, Vince Cable said:
“Despite the best efforts of their whips, 21 Labour MPs put principle above party and voted with the Liberal Democrats against the Government’s indefensible tax cuts for higher earners.
“It is beyond belief that a party which claims to stand 'for the many, not the few', decided not to oppose the Government on this. Using the money to fund Universal Credit or end the benefits freeze would have been a far more progressive way of using the money.
“On Brexit, Universal Credit and now the Budget, the Liberal Democrats have shown that we are the real opposition.”
“Despite the best efforts of their whips, 21 Labour MPs put principle above party and voted with the Liberal Democrats against the Government’s indefensible tax cuts for higher earners.
“It is beyond belief that a party which claims to stand 'for the many, not the few', decided not to oppose the Government on this. Using the money to fund Universal Credit or end the benefits freeze would have been a far more progressive way of using the money.
“On Brexit, Universal Credit and now the Budget, the Liberal Democrats have shown that we are the real opposition.”
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