Cameron finally commits to tax break for married couples

David Cameron and his wife Samantha pictured on holiday in Cornwall this August. Credit: PA

The Prime Minister has finally committed to a tax break for married couples.

From 2015, in couples where the highest earner is still a lower rate tax payer, their other half will be able to transfer to them £1,000 of their personal allowance.

The Conservatives reckon this will benefit four million couples as much as £200 a year each.

In a quite personal article in the Daily Mail David Cameron says:

Grass-roots Tories have long wanted such a measure to make up for the legalisation of gay marriage, but Mr Cameron can't quite resist a swipe at those who opposed it.

He finishes his article with this: