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George Osborne’s “Poll Tax Moment” Just Destroyed His Chance Of Being PM

October 27, 2015 David Smith Conservatives, Current Affairs, Government, Tax Credits, Welfare Leave a comment

In what’s now being described as his ‘poll tax moment’, George Osborne’s catastrophic defeat in the Lords (again) of his flagship welfare policy leaves many questioning whether he has damaged beyond hope all the aspirations he had to reaching the top job and walking into 10 Downing Street one day. Undoubtedly, the tax credit reform (or should we just call […]

David ‘The Bully’ Cameron & The Tax Credit Constitutional Crisis

October 26, 2015 David Smith Conservatives, Current Affairs, Tax Credits, Welfare One comment

Tax credits are big news still and it could all be about to come to head tonight. The Lords have the Tax Credits bill in front of them, as well as potentially up to four motions to vote on regarding the bill proposed by Labour, Lib Dem and Cross-bench lords – the most challenging of which is the Lib Dem […]