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.
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.
