{"id":30013,"date":"2013-03-11T22:43:59","date_gmt":"2013-03-11T21:43:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.co.uk\/2013\/03\/11\/lib-dems-avoid-mansion-tax-embarrassment-commons-vote_n_2855879.html?utm_hp_ref=uk-politics?ncid=GEP"},"modified":"2013-03-11T22:43:59","modified_gmt":"2013-03-11T21:43:59","slug":"lib-dems-avoid-red-faces-over-mansion-tax","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/breaking-news\/lib-dems-avoid-red-faces-over-mansion-tax\/","title":{"rendered":"Lib Dems Avoid Red Faces Over Mansion Tax"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Liberal Democrats<\/a> have averted a potential Commons embarrassment and announced they will not vote with Labour in favour of a mansion tax.<\/p>\n

Business Secretary Vince Cable<\/a> – who earlier held open the prospect of a revolt – said a solution had been found to sidestep the opposition’s “cynical games”.<\/p>\n

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There had been speculation that Vince Cable would vote with the Opposition over the Mansion Tax<\/strong><\/p>\n

The coalition parties will instead vote for an amendment on Tuesday which recognises the deep differences between them on the proposals for a levy on \u00a32 million-plus properties.<\/p>\n

“This amendment allows Liberal Democrats in Parliament to back our long-held policy of the mansion tax. We created it and will continue to champion it,” Cable said.<\/p>\n

“The amendment also makes it clear that although we are in coalition with the Conservatives<\/a>, we have different views on the desirability of a mansion tax.<\/p>\n

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“The Liberal Democrats will not however support a Labour<\/a> motion designed exclusively to play cynical party political games.”<\/p>\n

Labour leader Ed Miliband<\/a> recently adopted the mansion tax – a long-cherished Lib Dem policy – and challenged deputy prime minister Nick Clegg<\/a>‘s party to break ranks.<\/p>\n

Faced with a damaging Commons split, the coalition parties instead devised a compromise amendment that will allow them to remain together in the voting lobbies.<\/p>\n

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Vince Cable ‘Expected To Support Government’ On Mansion Tax, Says Downing Street<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

It specifically sets out that “the part of the coalition led by the deputy prime minister” advocates a mansion tax while “the party of the coalition led by the prime minister does not”.<\/p>\n

Shadow Treasury minister Chris Leslie said: “It would be astonishing if the Liberal Democrats failed to back a straightforward motion supporting their long-held policy of a mansion tax on properties over \u00a32 million.<\/p>\n

“The Liberal Democrats have a simple choice: either they back the policy they set out in their manifesto and which Nick Clegg made the centerpiece of the Eastleigh by-election campaign or they don’t.<\/p>\n

“No amount of wriggling or contortion can get them out of that simple choice.<\/p>\n

“After supporting a Tory tax cut for millionaires, a failing economic plan, a VAT rise and a trebling of tuition fees, this is yet another example of why we should judge the Lib Dems on what they do, not what they say.”<\/p>\n

Labour says it would use the proceeds of a mansion tax to fund the reintroduction of a 10p lower income tax rate.<\/p>\n

But its motion did not make that link, to make it easier for the Lib Dems – who prefer the raising of thresholds to help low earners – to back it.<\/p>\n

Cable had on several occasions declined to rule out voting with Labour if its motion fully reflected the policy he devised and has personally championed.<\/p>\n

The Tories are firmly opposed.<\/p>\n

“Parties should be judged on what they deliver on fairer taxes, rather than what they say about them,” Cable said.<\/p>\n

“In government, Labour rubbished the Liberal Democrat policy of a mansion tax. In opposition, they have simply copied it exactly in an attempt to fill in their blank piece of paper where original policies should be.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The Liberal Democrats<\/a> have averted a potential Commons embarrassment and announced they will not vote with Labour in favour of a mansion tax.<\/p>\n

Business Secretary Vince Cable<\/a> – who earlier held open the prospect of a revolt – said a solution had been found to sidestep the opposition’s “cynical games”.<\/p>\n

\"lib<\/p>\n

There had been speculation that Vince Cable would vote with the Opposition over the Mansion Tax<\/strong><\/p>\n

The coalition parties will instead vote for an amendment on Tuesday which recognises the deep differences between them on the proposals for a levy on £2 million-plus properties.<\/p>\n

“This amendment allows Liberal Democrats in Parliament to back our long-held policy of the mansion tax. We created it and will continue to champion it,” Cable said.<\/p>\n

“The amendment also makes it clear that although we are in coalition with the Conservatives<\/a>, we have different views on the desirability of a mansion tax.<\/p>\n

LIKE HUFFPOST UK POLITICS ON FACEBOOK<\/a> | FOLLOW US ON TWITTER<\/a><\/p>\n

“The Liberal Democrats will not however support a Labour<\/a> motion designed exclusively to play cynical party political games.”<\/p>\n

Labour leader Ed Miliband<\/a> recently adopted the mansion tax – a long-cherished Lib Dem policy – and challenged deputy prime minister Nick Clegg<\/a>‘s party to break ranks.<\/p>\n

Faced with a damaging Commons split, the coalition parties instead devised a compromise amendment that will allow them to remain together in the voting lobbies.<\/p>\n

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Vince Cable ‘Expected To Support Government’ On Mansion Tax, Says Downing Street<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

It specifically sets out that “the part of the coalition led by the deputy prime minister” advocates a mansion tax while “the party of the coalition led by the prime minister does not”.<\/p>\n

Shadow Treasury minister Chris Leslie said: “It would be astonishing if the Liberal Democrats failed to back a straightforward motion supporting their long-held policy of a mansion tax on properties over £2 million.<\/p>\n

“The Liberal Democrats have a simple choice: either they back the policy they set out in their manifesto and which Nick Clegg made the centerpiece of the Eastleigh by-election campaign or they don’t.<\/p>\n

“No amount of wriggling or contortion can get them out of that simple choice.<\/p>\n

“After supporting a Tory tax cut for millionaires, a failing economic plan, a VAT rise and a trebling of tuition fees, this is yet another example of why we should judge the Lib Dems on what they do, not what they say.”<\/p>\n

Labour says it would use the proceeds of a mansion tax to fund the reintroduction of a 10p lower income tax rate.<\/p>\n

But its motion did not make that link, to make it easier for the Lib Dems – who prefer the raising of thresholds to help low earners – to back it.<\/p>\n

Cable had on several occasions declined to rule out voting with Labour if its motion fully reflected the policy he devised and has personally championed.<\/p>\n

The Tories are firmly opposed.<\/p>\n

“Parties should be judged on what they deliver on fairer taxes, rather than what they say about them,” Cable said.<\/p>\n

“In government, Labour rubbished the Liberal Democrat policy of a mansion tax. In opposition, they have simply copied it exactly in an attempt to fill in their blank piece of paper where original policies should be.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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