Lib Dem Leader returns to Northampton for target seat visit

12.00.00am BST (GMT +0100) Tue 13th Apr 2010

Liberal Democrat Leader Nick Clegg dropped in to 'talk tax' with young Mums at the Roundabout Club in Spencer yesterday. Under the party's flagship policy, carefully costed by Shadow Chancellor Vince Cable, workers on low and middle-incomes would pay 0% tax on their first £10,000, paid for by closing lucrative loopholes for the well-off.

To read more about our tax plan, which would put £700 back into Northamptonians' pockets, click onto the party's Your Money webpage at:

http://www.libdems.org.uk/your_money.aspx

Welcoming Nick back to Northampton, Parliamentary Candidate for Northampton North and Kingsley Councillor, Andrew Simpson, said:

"It's great to welcome Nick back to Northampton.

"As a former Euro MP for the East Midlands, Nick takes an active interest in the town and has been a real support to the party locally in our first term in office at the Guildhall.

"We've had a productive afternoon, here, at the Roundabout Club. The Mums we spoke to were really impressed by our plans to take their first £10,000 out of tax altogether.

"With the Conservatives playing fast and lose with unfunded, mid-election tax breaks, our long-standing commitment to cutting tax for low earners is really resonating with Northamptonians on the doorsteps.

"We are now the only party calling it like it is on tax and spend. In the 21st Century, it's a scandal that hard-working people in Northampton pay more in tax than those in the City of London on big incomes.

"Our fair tax break - a real cut you can believe in - would put fairness back at the heart of British society.

"Unlike the Conservatives, Liberal Democrats would make sure the burden of the fiscal deficit is borne by everyone in society, based on their ability to pay."

ENDS

Notes to Editors:

The Roundabout Club is a thriving out-of-school club run by Lib Dem Councillors, Roger and Jenny Conroy.