PM faces new 10p tax rebellion
Updated on 07 July 2009
Gordon Brown faces a major backbench revolt as MPs seek to secure compensation for everyone left worse off by the abolition of the 10p tax rate. Samira Ahmed reports.
The row over the abolition of the 10p rate of tax continues to rumble on more than two years after the then chancellor, Gordon Brown, scrapped it, sparking a Labour revolt and an embarrassing U-turn.
Now, as prime minister, Gordon Brown faces another rebellion from backbenchers over the amount of compensation paid to those left out of pocket.
Samira Ahmed spoke to Labour MP Frank Field, who is leading the rebellion, and asked him what he hoped to achieve with this amendment.
