Roma Mills, Labour

Labour PPC (St Albans),
Roma Mills' reply

Do you agree in principle with the aforementioned policy?*
*no commitment to act upon the policy
Answer - "Yes".

In a generic sense, do you believe that the rich should pay more tax and the poor should pay less tax?
Answer - "Yes".

Do you pledge to campaign for income tax reform at the next parliament?*
*not necessarily as specified with the above policy
Answer - "Yes".

Roma Mills
Labour, St Albans

Peter Smith, Labour

Labour PPC (South West Norfolk),
Peter Smith's reply

"Yes to all three questions! I joined the Labour Party in 1970 to help bring about a fairer society based on the Shakespearian principle 'distribution shall undo excess and each man have enough'. A reformed and much more progressive tax system is central to that.

Best wishes",

Peter Smith
Labour, SW Norfolk

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Do you agree in principle with the aforementioned policy?*

*no commitment to act upon the policy

In a generic sense, do you believe that the rich should pay more tax and the poor should pay less tax?

Do you pledge to campaign for income tax reform at the next parliament?*

*not necessarily as specified with the above policy

Michael Meacher, Labour

Labour PPC (Oldham West & Royton),
Michael Meacher's endorsement & reply

"Thank you for your email. I do share your concerns and support the aims of your campaign. I hope my record on this issue speaks for itself.

Best regards",

Michael Meacher
Labour PPC
Oldham West & Royton
www.michaelmeacher.info

Penny Martin, Labour

Labour PPC (Blackpool North & Cleveleys),
Penny Martin's reply

Do you agree in principle with the aforementioned policy?*
*no commitment to act upon the policy
Answer - "Yes".

In a generic sense, do you believe that the rich should pay more tax and the poor should pay less tax?
Answer - "Yes".

Do you pledge to campaign for income tax reform at the next parliament?*
*not necessarily as specified with the above policy
Answer - "Yes".

Mark Chiverton, Labour

Labour PPC (Isle of Wight),
Mark Chiverton's endorsement & reply

Do you agree in principle with the aforementioned policy?*
*no commitment to act upon the policy
Answer - "I agree in principle with this approach".

In a generic sense, do you believe that the rich should pay more tax and the poor should pay less tax?
Answer - "Definitely yes".

Do you pledge to campaign for income tax reform at the next parliament?*
*not necessarily as specified with the above policy
Answer - "Yes."

Kevin Hind, Labour

Labour PPC (Bury St Edmunds),
Kevin Hind's endorsement & reply

"I am quite happy to endorse your proposals".

Do you agree in principle with the aforementioned policy?

Answer - "Yes".

In a generic sense, do you believe that the rich should pay more tax and the poor should pay less tax?

Answer - "Yes - and I also believe there is growing support in the country to make the rich take more responsibility for the society they live in and from which they reap the benefits".

Do you pledge to campaign for income tax reform at the next parliament?

Answer - "Yes".

John Cook, Labour

Labour and Co-operative PPC (Norwich North),
John Cook's reply

"I am happy for you to treat my comments as being broadly supportive of your campaign and am supportive of its aims".

Do you agree in principle with the aforementioned policy?*
*no commitment to act upon the policy

Answer - "I support fairer and progressive tax, and am generally supportive of higher personal allowances, funded by higher taxes on high earners. I can see that your proposal would be one way of achieving this. I believe there could be some inequality issues around those earning close to £18,000 (slightly over or under), leaving someone earning £18001 worse off than someone earning £17999 for example".

In a generic sense, do you believe that the rich should pay more tax and the poor should pay less tax?

Answer – "Yes".

Do you pledge to campaign for income tax reform at the next parliament?**
**not necessarily as specified with the above policy

Answer - "Yes – In line to my answer to Question 1"

Kate Green, Labour

Labour PPC (Stretford and Urmston),
Kate Green's endorsement & reply

"Thanks for getting in touch. I'm also strongly in favour of a progressive tax system, and of rebalancing from indirect taxes (which bear most heavily on those with lower incomes) towards direct taxation. I've long argued for this, in my previous role as chief executive of Child Poverty Action Group for example, and I have been continuing to advocate for fairer taxes and closing the inequality gap ebtween rich and poor since I became a parliamentary candidate (you can read some articles I've written on this subject recently on my website http://www.kategreen.org/)".

John Spademan, Labour

Labour PPC (Witham),
John Spademan's endorsement & reply

"I agree with all your suggestions. Thank you for taking this forward".

"The devil is always in the detail. We do need to try and simplify things and I don't agree with the tax break that the Higher rate tax payers have had for so long with zero NI and now 1% and soon to be 2%. I think the rate should be the same for Normal and High rate tax payers".

Our proposed change (2011-2012 onwards):
i) Additional Rate: Over £100,000 (50%)

ii) A tax free personal allowance of £10,000 for anyone earning up to £17,999 a year. The allowance level will remain at £6,475 for those that earn between £18,000 and £100,000.

Maryam Khan, Labour

Labour PPC (Bury North),
Maryam Khan's reply

Do you agree in principle with the aforementioned policy?
*no commitment to act upon the policy
Answer - "Agree".

In a generic sense, do you believe that the rich should pay more tax and the poor should pay less tax?
Answer - "Agree".

Andrew Smith, Labour

Labour MP (Oxford East), Andrew Smith's reply

"I do support income tax reform for fairness".

On your specific questions:

1) "I am not convinced that raising the personal allowance is the fairest or most effective way to help those on low incomes; I can see that the regressive impact of a blanket increase in allowances is softened in your proposal by the £17999 cut off, but it creates another problem - ie the impact on someone whose income goes up from £17999 to £18001".

2) "Yes".

3) "Yes".

Best wishes

Andrew Smith

Labour candidate for Oxford East

1) Do you agree with the aforementioned policy?*
*no commitment to act upon the policy

2) In a generic sense, do you believe that the rich should pay more and the poor should pay less?

3) Do you pledge to campaign for income tax reform at the next parliament?*
*not necessarily as specified with the above policy

Catharine Arakelian, Labour

Labour PPC (Chingford and Woodford Green),
Catharine Arakelian's endorsement and reply

Do you agree in principle with the aforementioned policy?*

*no commitment to act upon the policy

Answer - "I am, personally and in principle, in favour. I would indeed suggest that the personal allowance should be tied to the minimum wage which I believe is about 12,500 pa. That is, I would wish, in principle that, no one on the minimum wage should pay income tax – effectively making the putative annual minimum wage the personal allowance threshold".

In a generic sense, do you believe that the rich should pay more tax and the poor should pay less tax?

Answer - "I believe that all tax should be proportionate and progressive. Unearned wealth, such as capital gains, should be taxed more than salaried income. Cash bonuses should be taxed at 50%".

Do you pledge to campaign for income tax reform at the next parliament?*
*not necessarily as specified with the above policy

Answer - "I regret no single candidate or party is in a position to make this commitment. I believe that income tax reform will come about through a cross-party consensual agreement. I think the need to raise taxes will be overwhelming in the next few years and no one party will be willing to take this unpopular plunge".

"My comments are restricted within the role I hold as standing on the Labour Party manifesto, not yet available".

Swatantra Nandanwar, Lab

Labour PPC (Maldon Essex),
Swatantra Nandanwar's endorsement and reply

"Generally in support of the Fairer Tax Campaign"

Do you agree in principle with the aforementioned policy*
*no commitment to act upon the policy
Answer - "Generally, Yes"

In a generic sense, do you believe that the rich should pay more tax and the poor should pay less tax?
Answer - "Absolutley!"

If you are elected as an MP, do you pledge to campaign for income tax reform at the next parliament?*
*not necessarily as specified with the above policy
Answer - "Yes"

Ayfer Orhan, Labour

Labour PPC (Hemel Hempstead),
Ayfer Orhan's reply

"In principle I support the fairer tax suggestions".