As soon as Labour came to power they dropped it to the lowest rate possible under EU rules (yes, yes I know about the EU) which is 5%

Oh and by the way, the low paid don’t pay much in the way of income tax, but they would have to pay the carbon tax or freeze to death.

Yay for progressive taxation!

I actually like the idea of carbon taxes, but I think the revenue should be used to reduce income taxes, especially on the low paid.