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Top Lib Dem urges top tax rate cut

2014-04-08 01:32:07| BBC News | Business | UK Edition

A former Liberal Democrat minister backs calls from Tory backbenchers for the top rate of income tax to be cut to 40%.

Lib Dem donors facing bribery probe

2014-02-14 22:29:20| BBC News | Business | UK Edition

Two top Liberal Democrats donors have been bailed following their arrest as part of an investigation into allegations of bribery at Rolls-Royce.

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Lib Dems: No tax cuts for wealthy

2014-02-05 03:34:20| BBC News | Business | UK Edition

A senior Lib Dem minister says any cuts to the top rate of tax before the 2015 election would be "over his dead body".

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United Kingdom: Lib Dems to resist Tory plans to cut green taxes

2013-10-27 12:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Guardian: The Liberal Democrats will resist Conservative plans to to cut green taxes that add to the public's energy bills, Danny Alexander has said. The chief secretary to the Treasury told BBC1's Andrew Marr Show that the taxes, which amount to about 4% of the average bill, are vital to Britain's long-term commitments to funding renewable sources of energy and are a fixed Liberal Democrat policy. His stance has signalled a hardening of the entrenched positions between the two coalition parties over...

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