Stop Labour’s tax on jobs and working people from killing the recovery
25,800 people will save money across Stroud under Conservative initiative
Neil Carmichael, Conservative Parliamentary Candidate, gave his backing to new Conservative plans to stop a new jobs tax on working families and local firms across the Stroud Valleys and Vale. Labour Ministers confirmed in the recent Budget that Gordon Brown’s Government will be increasing National Insurance on both workers and local businesses. Under Labour’s tax-raising plans, anyone earning over £20,000 a year will see their pay packet shrink. Labour will also increase the tax that local firms pay for hiring workers who earn £5,700 a year or more.
By contrast, a Conservative Government will stop the most damaging part of Labour’s tax on jobs by cutting government waste while protecting frontline services. The cost of Labour’s tax rise on employers will be reduced by more than half. And anyone earning between £7,100 and £45,400 – seven out of ten working people across the country – will be up to £150 a year better off than under Labour’s plans.
At least 25,800 working people across Stroud will be better off as a result. A typical nurse, teacher, fire fighter or police officer would save £150 a year. People on lower incomes will benefit the most as a proportion of their incomes. And an estimated 4700 jobs across the South West could be saved by making it less expensive for local firms to hire workers.
Neil Carmichael commented, “For the last 13 years, working people across the Valleys and Vale have seen their taxes go up and up and their money wasted. Labour will kill the recovery with their tax on jobs. Conservatives will cut Labour waste to stop it. More than 25,000 working people across Stroud will be better off with the Conservatives.
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