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Labour penalty could backfire.
Topic Started: 12 May 2015, 11:50 AM (5 Views)
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The Labour Party has floated the idea of withholding state support such as Working for Families tax credits from people who are not enrolled to vote. Its general secretary, Tim Barnett, has told a parliamentary select committee this would tackle "pretty compelling evidence that there is a continuing pattern of people not enrolling". To that most hollow of nuts he would take a sledgehammer. Labour is normally the last party to advocate withholding benefits for any purpose, let alone an electoral one.

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