LDVideo: Simon Hughes on the Coalition Budget, 50p tax rate and NHS reform bill

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LDVideo: Simon Hughes on the Coalition Budget, 50p tax rate and NHS reform bill

By Stephen Tall | Wed 29th February 2012 - 7:55 am

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Simon Hughes, the Lib Dem deputy leader, was interviewed by the BBC’s Andrew Neil at the weekend on some of the key issues currently facing the party and the Coalition. These included the Lib Dem push for tax-cuts for the low-paid, maintaining the 50p tax-rate for those earning more than £150,000, and the NHS reform bill.

Here’s what he had to say:

(Available on the BBC website here.)

* Stephen was Editor (and Co-Editor) of Liberal Democrat Voice from 2007 to 2015, and writes at The Collected Stephen Tall.

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