Brown admits mistake in abolishing 10p rate布朗承認錯誤，取消10便士率
By通過 Patrick Wintour 帕特里克途 , ， Nicholas Watt 尼古拉斯瓦特 and和 Allegra Stratton Allegra的斯特拉 | Gordon Brown yesterday admitted making “mistakes” in abolishing the 10p rate of income tax as the Conservatives ratcheted up the pressure on the eve of the local elections by challenging ministers to publish the Treasury advice on the issue at the time of the 2007 budget. |財政大臣布朗昨天承認，作出“錯誤”在取消了10便士率所得稅作為保守派ratcheted了壓力對前夕，地方選舉的挑戰，部長們發表的意見，庫務署就這一問題的時候， 2007年財政預算案。
Both the cabinet secretary, Sir Gus O’Donnell, and the Treasury permanent secretary, Nick Macpherson, separately told select committees earlier this week that the then chancellor would have been briefed on the impact of the abolition of the 10p rate.無論是內閣秘書，主席先生的GUS奧唐奈，及庫務局常任秘書長，尼克麥花臣，分別向專責委員會本星期早些時候說，當時的校長已聽取了有關的影響，取消了10便士率。
“The decision to reform the income tax system and reduce the basic rate to 20p, and abolish the 10p rate … reflected considerable analysis and was taken on that basis,” Macpherson told the public accounts committee. “決定改革所得稅制，並減少基本利率20p ，取消10便士率…反映了相當多的分析和採取的是在此基礎上， ”麥花臣說，公共帳目委員會。
The Conservatives yesterday put in a request to the Treasury for that analysis under the Freedom of Information Act, in the hope that they can then claim that Brown did not make a mistake, but was aware of the consequences of what he was doing.保守黨在昨天提出的要求，庫務署的分析指出，根據資訊自由法，在希望他們能然後聲稱，布朗並沒有錯，但知道後果是什麼，他這樣做。
The former welfare minister Frank Field spent four months in 2007 trying to extract details of the impact of the 10p tax rate abolition in parliamentary written answers.前福利部長弗蘭克領域花了四個月在2007年試圖提取詳情的影響，該10便士稅率，取消在議會的書面答复。
In his frankest admission of error, the prime minister yesterday said the government “didn’t cover as well as we should have” losses to low earners without children and pensioners aged 60 to 64.在他的frankest輸入錯誤，首相昨天表示，政府“沒有涵蓋，以及我們應該有”損失低仔無子女和養老金領取者60至64歲。 He also said he was “listening” and “learning” as prime minister, adding that “hundreds of things pass your desk every week”.他還表示，他是“聽”和“學習”作為首相補充說， “數以百計的事情，通過您的辦公桌每星期” 。
“We made two mistakes, I will be honest about it. “我們取得了兩個錯誤，我會誠實的態度。 We didn’t cover as well as we should that group of low-paid workers who don’t get the working tax credits and we weren’t able to help the 60- to 64-year-olds who didn’t get the pensioner’s tax allowance.”我們並不涵蓋以及我們應該集團的低薪工人誰不工作稅收抵免和我們無法幫助60 -6 4歲的年輕人誰沒有得到長俸奇摩免稅額“ 。
He told the BBC’s Today programme that the government had tried to rectify these failings in the 2007 pre-budget report and in the 2008 budget.他告訴英國廣播公司的節目今天表示，政府曾試圖糾正這些失誤，在2007年前的預算報告，並在2008年的財政預算案。
At the time of the 2007 budget ministers insisted there would no losers, and the prime minister’s spokesman yesterday said it would have been very difficult to calculate how many people might be adversely affected by the complex changes made in the 2007 budget.在時間的2007年預算部長堅持將有沒有輸家，和總理的發言人昨天表示，它將已很難計算有多少人可能會受到不利影響的複雜的變化，取得了在2007年的財政預算案。
In a separate development, Sunder Katwala, general secretary of the Fabian Society, the left-of-centre thinktank, accused the government of “neurotic under-confidence”.在一個單獨的發展，桑德卡圖瓦拉，秘書長的費邊社，左邊的-中心thinktank ，指責政府“神經質下信心” 。
Strong and radical leadership was needed because Labour was “badly stuck” over how to win the next general election, he said.強有力的和激進的領導是必要的，因為勞工是“嚴重滯留”如何贏得下次大選，他說。
His attack led to sharp criticism from a senior executive member and MP who wrote to him last night saying: “Sometimes it has been hard for the activists who have been out on the door knocker at a time when voters are angry about 10p tax etc.他的攻擊，導致尖銳的批評從一個高級執行委員和MP誰寫信給他昨晚說： “有時，它一直努力為活動家誰已列於大門knocker在的時候，選民感到憤怒，約10便士稅等。
“They have taken it on the chin, and by doing that have left people feeling that it is still worth voting Labour because we engage with them and are prepared to argue our case. “他們已採取它放在下巴，以及這樣做已離開人的感覺，這還是值得的投票勞工，因為我們從事與他們準備辯說我們的理由。
“It has been hard, and the headlines your piece will garner on the day they are going out to knock up thousands more will dishearten them and make it harder. “它一直努力，和您的作品標題，將爭取在當天，他們走出去敲門了成千上萬更多的將dishearten他們並使其更難。 Frankly the internal debate could have remained stuck for a further 22 hours until the polls close, without in any way harming your case.”坦白的內部辯論，可仍然堅持為進一步22個小時，直到調查結束，沒有以任何方式損害您的案例“ 。
On the eve of polling in the local elections David Cameron told the Guardian that the race for the London mayor was not his only focus.前夕就投票站在地方選舉中，朱金馬倫說，監護人認為，種族為倫敦市長，是不是他唯一關注的焦點。
The Conservative leader said: “The rest of the country is important, because it is how you rebuild your organisation.保守的領導人說： “其餘的國家是很重要的，因為它是你如何重建你的組織。 In the north-west we genuinely did make a breakthrough last year.在西北部，我們確實沒有取得突破去年。
“We really did suddenly [go] from a situation where we had patchy representation to having more councils than Labour and taking outright control of some places. “我們確實突然[轉到]從的情況下，我們曾修修補補的代表性，有更多比議會勞工和採取買斷賣斷控制的一些地方。 The organisation is bigger and better.該組織是更大更好。 I put a lot of effort into the local elections, because it is actually about how you build the Conservative party across the country.”我提出了很多的努力，到地方選舉，因為它實際上是關於如何建立保守黨全國各地的國家“ 。
He added that he was prepared for a downturn in his fortunes, saying: “Anyone who has followed American politics recently will see that anything is possible.他補充說，他是準備了逆轉，他的命運，他說： “任何人誰遵循了美國的政治，最近會看到什麼是可能的。 Yes, of course I had a difficult time last summer over byelections and grammar schools and what have you.當然，我有一個困難時期，去年夏天超過byelections和文法學校和什麼有你。
“In a way, it is how you come through the difficult times that shows whether your party is sorting itself out. “在某種程度上，這是你如何來通過困難的時候，顯示無論您是黨的排序本身。 I think the Conservative party really rose to the challenge last year.”我認為保守黨真的上升到去年的挑戰“ 。
Cameron said Boris Johnson deserved to win in London and freely admitted that a loss would be “bad”.金馬倫說，鮑里斯約翰遜當之無愧地贏得在倫敦和自由承認，損失將是“惡劣” 。
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Yeah I am £2 a week down as a direct result of this 10p farce and another £18 a week down on rising Fuel bills(Petrol,gas and electic) and food price rises, all in all I’m down £20 a week… I got a casual second job to balance this out, only this time I’m cutting out the taxman on these earnings… If the Government insist on screwing me i will just screw them back, I’m being ripped off by them, I have no choice.是啊，我2英鎊一個星期作為一個直接結果，這10便士的鬧劇，另18英鎊一個星期下來就不斷上漲的燃料法案（汽油，天然氣和折衷主義）及食品價格上漲，所有在所有我下跌20英鎊一個星期… …我得到散第二份工作，以平衡這一點，只有這個時候我切割出taxman對這些收入… …如果政府堅持要擰我，我將只是螺桿他們回來，我被敲竹槓他們，我有沒有選擇餘地。