article_snippet.sent: Chancellor said Labour had ‘form’ on jacking up income tax and National Insurance and insisted Ed Balls and Ed Miliband would do the same if given the chance after May 7.
article_snippet.sent: ChancellorGeorge Osborne has warned that taxes will rise under Labour and said the party had 'form' on rising taxes.
article_snippet.sent: Yesterday the Prime Minister stepped up the Prime Minister attack on tax by insisting Labour was planning to drag nearly one million more people into the 40p tax rate.
article_snippet.sent: George Osborne said voters would pay a ‘heavy price’ for a Labour government which would be ‘looking in your payslip’ for tax.
article_snippet.sent: George Osborne also condemned Labour’s plans to abolish the married couples tax allowance, which came into effect yesterday.
article_snippet.sent: Speaking in Leeds, Ed Balls said the tax break – worth £200 a year to couples who have tied the knot – was ‘perverse’.
article_snippet.sent: Shadow Chancellor Mr Balls also repeated Shadow Chancellor Mr Balls claim – denied outright by the Tories – that the Tories – would raise VAT.
article_snippet.sent: Shadow Chancellor Mr Balls said a Tory government would mean ‘millions paying more while millionaires pay less’ as Shadow Chancellor Mr Balls accused the party of planning to cut the top rate of income tax for those earning over £150,000.
article_snippet.sent: The Chief Secretary to the Treasury claimed that during negotiations for the 2012 Budget, a a senior Tory minister told The Chief Secretary to the Treasury:
article_snippet.sent: ’ Mr Osborne released figures, by the independent House of Commons Library, showing the extent of tax and National Insurance rises under Labour from 1997 to 2010.
article_snippet.sent: Culture Secretary Sajid Javid repeated the claim Labour is planning a £3,000 tax bombshell, saying: ‘We’re publishing figures that show Labour’s got form on tax.
highlights_snippet.sent: George Osborne has warned that taxes will rise under Labour Government .
  