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23/03/2009
Tory Clarke Clears-Up Stance
Shadow business secretary Kenneth Clarke has moved to clarify his stance on inheritance tax, after making a statement apparently off the mark with Conservative manifesto claims.
"I cannot see any significant difference between what I have said and what my colleagues have said.
"So far as I am concerned, we are fully committed to raising the threshold for Inheritance Tax in the first parliament of a Conservative government, as George Osborne has promised," said the veteran Tory.
Speaking on the BBC's Politics Show yesterday, Mr Clarke said raising the threshold for inheritance tax was not a top priority.
"I really don't think we're any longer saying that the Labour party is going to leave us in a position to make that the highest priority when we get in," he told the programme.
Last year, Mr Clarke's party pledged to raise the threshold for inheritance tax.
The promise was seen as a major pillar of the new Conservative Party ethos, and touted as one of the main reasons the Tories enjoyed a revival in public opinion polls.
(PR/JM)
"I cannot see any significant difference between what I have said and what my colleagues have said.
"So far as I am concerned, we are fully committed to raising the threshold for Inheritance Tax in the first parliament of a Conservative government, as George Osborne has promised," said the veteran Tory.
Speaking on the BBC's Politics Show yesterday, Mr Clarke said raising the threshold for inheritance tax was not a top priority.
"I really don't think we're any longer saying that the Labour party is going to leave us in a position to make that the highest priority when we get in," he told the programme.
Last year, Mr Clarke's party pledged to raise the threshold for inheritance tax.
The promise was seen as a major pillar of the new Conservative Party ethos, and touted as one of the main reasons the Tories enjoyed a revival in public opinion polls.
(PR/JM)
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