Fifteen Conservatives and eight other MPs, including three from Labour, voted to provide for a personal income tax allowance transfer between married couples during a debate on the report stage of the finance bill last night. (politics.co.uk)
What we have seen instead is the Lib Dems» increase in income tax allowance, designed to help lower and middle - income earners, gain precedence. (politics.co.uk)
He sought to soften the blow by restoring the state pension link to earnings from next year, raising income tax allowances for basic rate payers and a # 2bn boost for poor families. (channel4.com)