Unite calls for budget tax cuts

“Even with constrained budgetary conditions, the Government can still launch an expansionary programme of investment, increased wages and new public services and income support programmes.
“The debate over marginal changes in tax rates and tax bands diverts us from the real issue: That workers are not only subsidising an extremely low-level of contributions from employers and the corporate sector; they are now being asked to subsidise tax cuts which will undermine the Government’s ability to boost living standards.