A 'miserable shower': Miliband attacks coalition on 50p tax cut

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Labour leader Ed Miliband has attacked the coalition government's decision to axe the 50p rate in his speech at the party's annual conference.

Centering his speech on the theme of ‘one nation' government, he rebuked the government for cutting the top rate at a time when borrowing was still increasing. Miliband framed the axing of the 50p income tax rate as a "gift to millionaires", returning to suggestions from earlier in the conference that the rate will be reintroduced. "Next April, David Cameron will be writing a cheque for £40,000 to every millionaire in Britain...

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