Generous-hearted souls that we are here at LDV Towers, we are inclined to think that the good people of Conservative Party HQ have been getting a little confused again in recent days. You see, to mark the end of the month, when many people will be receiving their pay slips, they have been tweeting about the coalition’s success in raising the income tax personal allowance:

Got paid today? Check your pay slip & see if you’re one of 25 million benefiting from Conservatives Income Tax Cut http://t.co/PGFyvAmFrN

— CCHQ Press Office (@CCHQPress) April 30, 2014

This is not the first time our esteemed coalition partners have sought to rebrand our manifesto commitment to raise the threshold to £10,000 as a Conservative plan. Here are a couple of options to clear up their misapprehension. First, we can simply correct their tweets:

MT @CCHQPress: Paid today? Check pay slip & see if you’re one of 25 million benefiting from Lib Dem Income Tax Cut http://t.co/EtNSiOkk9w — Nick Thornsby (@NickThornsby) April 30, 2014

But if you want to be extra helpful, here’s a neat graphic you can share:

And it’s always worth repeating Nick Clegg’s reminder of the challenge he had to force the Conservatives to prioritise income tax cuts for those on low and middle income over their taxation hobby horses of inheritance tax cuts and “marriage tax breaks”:

I have had to drag the Conservative party kicking and screaming in every single budget negotiation – by the way, not least recently when I talked about wanting to see this extra worker’s bonus – there was a very hostile reaction behind closed doors in Whitehall from my Conservative coalition partners.

* Nick Thornsby is a day editor at Lib Dem Voice.