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Gordon Brown scrapped the 10p band in 2008: Robert Halfon wants to restore it. Picture: Getty

Restoring the 10p tax rate would be fair and simple

22 January 2013 11:30

MPs will today debate taxes and the living wage – in particular, my campaign to restore the 10p rate of income tax. For Conservatives, a ‘starter’ rate of 10p would help… Continue reading

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Robert Halfon argues that trade unions can be Conservative. Picture: Getty

Trade unions are capitalist, community-minded, and Conservative

20 October 2012 13:30

Last week there were reports that Unite were going to be offering unemployed people a chance to join their trade union for as little as 50p a week. In doing… Continue reading

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Democracy in the BBC

6 August 2010 11:42

What is that quote at the end of King Lear?  I think it is something like “the wheel has come full circle”. I felt a sense of that wheel with… Continue reading

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