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Voters give Liberal Democrats credit for tax threshold rise according to IPSOSMORI poll

We all heard David Cameron and George Osborne take credit as often as they can for the raising of the tax threshold during this Parliament but a poll from IPSOS-MORI with fieldwork done after our Conference shows that the public just aren't buying the Tory claims. 41% give the Liberal Democrats the credit for the policy compared to just 26% for the Conservatives as this graphic shows.

The commentary says:

The Liberal Democrats have retained most of the credit for the rise in personal allowances in the current Parliament - though an increased number are unsure who should get credit. Four in ten (41%) think the Liberal Democrats deserve credit for the rise in the threshold before people pay income tax from £6,475 in 2010 to £10,000 this year, while 26% credit the Conservatives and 28% say they 'don't know'. Both the Liberal Democrats and Conservatives are credited by fewer Britons than in March of this year, when 45% said the Liberal Democrats deserve most credit and 33% credited the Conservatives; the number who don't know is now up ten points, from 18% in March.

We are still getting the credit but, however sick we all get of hearing it, we need to keep on banging on about it with more gusto than ever.

A further rise in the tax threshold to £12,500 was also backed by a huge majority, 85% of people. The Tory policy of also raising the top rate threshold was backed by 64% and opposed by 22%. A similar margin support the Mansion Tax.

You can read full details of the poll here.

* Caron Lindsay is Co-Editor of Liberal Democrat Voice and blogs at Caron's Musings

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