The Squeezed Middle

I am waiting with baited breath.

To see if Ed Miliband stands up for the 'squeezed middle' - in response to a government  announcement at the weekend - that will remove tax breaks for people who have second homes.

Now that seems like a perfectly sensible idea to me - why should the rest of us subsidise fellow citizens who can afford to have a second home?

But every announcement that's made seems to meet with the same dreary response - the squeezed middle is being hardest hit by government spending decisions - so let the axe fall somewhere else.

To my mind it's something the Labour government should have done years ago - when it had every chance to do so.

And I've nothing against people having a second home - I just think they should pay their way - without relying on a handout from the state.

So let's hear from Ed Miliband and the Labour party have to say.

Maybe they'll even welcome the proposal - and give the government some credit - where credit's due.

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