Cameron finally commits to tax break for married couples
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: