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Paddy Ashdown: If everyone dodged taxes there would be no hospitals, no schools, no welfare

Speaking on the BBC’s Andrew Marr Show yesterday, Paddy Ashdown was at his most forthright on the subject of tax relief for charitable donations.

Paddy reminded Marr that he is the President of UNICEF UK, and therefore knows exactly how charities will be hit by the government’s proposal of a £50,000 or 25% of income (whichever is higher) limit on tax exempt donations from one individual.

But he told Marr that it is the poor who pay when tax monies are diverted excessively to charities. He said …

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