Charles West, Lib Dem

Liberal Democrat PPC (Shrewsbury and Atcham),
Charles West's endorsement & reply

"Dear Fairer Tax Campaign,

As a Liberal Democrat, I will be standing at this election on a platform which includes the raising of the personal allowance to £10,000, albeit paid for in a different way (the Liberal Democrats rejected the option of tweaking the additional rate on the basis that many people on such high incomes simply find ways to evade paying income tax altogether, such as contriving to pay capital gains instead).

It will probably not surprise you to learn that I am fairly supportive of your objectives therefore, and indeed the Liberal Democrats would argue that we have the plans needed to make Britain "collectively fairer".

The answer to all three of your questions, therefore, is "yes", with the proviso on question 1 that I advocate a different set of tax increases on the rich".

Yours,
Dr Charles West