back against the government's fiscal and Chancellor accepts concessions courts plan secrets
the government's reputation has suffered a series of blows that the new Chancellor George Osborne was forced to make two climbdowns over your budget, including scrapping the "tax pasty" and ministers willing to make a series of secret concessions.
Osborne plans reverse charge VAT on food that is designed for cooling, such as sausages and pies, and also reduce the burden of the new standard VAT rate of 20% static caravans to 5%. The climbdowns followed weeks of protests, including the Conservatives, and together cost the cash-strapped Treasury as much as £ 70m a year.
budget concessions announced by the Chancellor in a letter to the Treasury Select Committee, has been postponed in the House of Commons was not sitting.
After intense lobbying by the Deputy Prime Minister, Nick Clegg, the Justice Secretary Kenneth Clarke, is to abandon the project include summaries sealed with evidence heard in camera court secrets because your bill on Tuesday.
Clarke admitted he was "substantial changes" in the original Green Paper, the top Liberal Democrats claimed the balance between liberty and security has been transformed.
Ministersno doubt that the latest wave of reversals are the risks of the job of the government coalition, or a sign of a government willing to listen, but adds to the feeling of incompetence appears to have exceeded the government's budget unfortunate event that led to a free fall in the polls staff, David Cameron.
Both taxes were also considered as a symptom of a government out of touch with the working class. Cameron defended the move, designed to put 20% VAT to all foods sold "over temperature", insisting he loved a paste.
George Eustice, Conservative Parliamentary Cornwall, who campaigned against the tax, he said: "This announcement is welcome: all the pies are exempt from VAT, and it shows that s' was a genuine consultation. "
Under the amendments, the government will pay VAT on foodstuffs intended to be eaten hot, for example, hot roasted chickens sold in supermarkets.
VAT, which will be implemented from October, would have added 50p to £ 2.50 tasty food. The Treasury had planned to raise £ 110 million so far, but now raise £ 70m.
critics said that proposals were incredibly complex, and it would be difficult to define temperature.
On the other hand, the tax will be 5% for used static caravans for holiday. This means an expected income of £ 40 million to £ 10m-15m falls.
Labour said it showed that the government was a disaster. Shadow Treasury minister Chris Leslie said: "I think they were forced to listen to the complete confusion of the public who were completely surprised these decisions rather strange Another reason I took this decision the House of Commons is not sitting,. therefore the ability to appeal to the parliament.
A spokesman for the Treasury. "In the budget, announced proposals to address anomalies that have accumulated in the VAT regime and led to similar products are taxed differently "Now that we have completed the consultation on these proposals and taking into account the issues raised, while ensuring that the objective of a. Clearer and more consistent that we have the time "
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