"The Real Opposition" will impose new tax rate

Labelling the party as "the Real Opposition", Liberal Democrat leader Rt Hon Charles Kennedy MP, announced the campaigning strategy for the general election – expected to be held in May – will include scrapping both CTFs and university tuition ‘top-up’ fees, free long-term care. In order to pay for it, Kennedy today said these and other reforms - which bring about the end of means-testing for pensioners and a Citizen’s Pension worth an extra £100 a month to those aged over 75s – will be paid for through a new higher income tax rate for anyone earning more than £100,000, touted last Septe...