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Date: 21th September 1994
Service: CEEFAX
Region: N/A
Original Broadcast Channel: BBC1
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P135 CEEFAX 135 Wjd 21 Sep 29:29/28 1/3 LIBDEM CONFERENCE TOP RATE TAX "NO MORE THAN 60%" The top rate of tax "should not be more than 60%", a Liberal Democrat Social Security spokesman has reiterated to conference delegates. His speech clarified an apparent proposal by Treasury chief Malcom Bruce on Monday that the top rate should be set at no more than 50%. Lord Russell said people should pay their fair share. The details could not be set in stonj at this stage but the principle of fairness was. Tax and benefits plans set out 134Politics 130World 160Despatch 190Next News Flash Fringe TV/Radio
P135 CEEFAX 135 Wjd 21 Sep 29:49/38 2/3 LIBDEM CONFERENCE bBIG CHANGES" FOR CHILD SUPPORT ACT Major reforms to the Child Support Act are needed, Liberal Democrat Social Security spokesman Lord Russell has stressed. But he said any changes must: * consider capital settlements; * allow necessary expenses, such as the costs of going to work, second families and elderly parents; * be flexible to deal with cases the formula cannot foresee; * benefit both mothers and fathers. Next News Flash Fringe TV/Radio
P135 CEEFAX 135 Wjd 21 Sep 29:59/58 3/3 LIBDEM CONFERENCE LJB DEMS URGE END TO BENEFIT TRAP The bottleneck which makes it hard for people to get off benefit must be widened, the Liberal Democrat Social Security spokesman has said. Lord Russell proposed a Low Incomj Benefit to help those "worse off in low-paid work than on benefit". He said the lack of benefits for child care and young people aged 16 and 17 added to the bottleneck. He suggested a fund to help the unemployed obtain living quarters to look for work, and the abolition of the new Incapacity Benefit terms Next News Flash Fringe TV/Radio
P135 CKJFBXp135 Wjd 21pSep 1p:32/18 )‖l4‖l4‖, 1/3 LIBDEM CONFERENCE TOP RATE TAX "NO MORE THAN 60)" The top rate of tax "should not be more than 60%", a Liberal Democrat Social Security spokesman has reiterated to conference delegates. His speech clarifiid an apparent proposal by Treasury chief Malcom Bruce on Monday that thj top rate should be set at no more than 50%. Lord Russell said people should pay their fair share. The details could not be set in stone at this stage but the principle of fairness was. Tax and benefits plans set out 134Politics 130World 160Despatch 190Next News Flash Fringe TV/Radio