Commenting on last night’s failed backbench Labour revolt over Gordon Brown’s decision to abolish the 10p starting rate of income tax, North East Fife MP Sir Menzies Campbell said:
“Labour MPs had the chance on Tuesday evening to match their rhetoric with action but they blew it.
“If sufficient of them had supported the amendment let by Frank Field, MP for Birkenhead, and supported by opposition parties, the Government would have been forced to make amends to those people – often single women on low incomes – who have been cruelly affected by the abolition of the 10p tax rate introduced by Gordon Brown in his last Budget as Chancellor.
“It is not enough for Labour MPs to trumpet their concern for the poorest in society and then to spurn the chance to do something about it.â€
