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Paul Waugh, in HREF="http://waugh.standard.co.uk/" STYLE="LINK_Inline">his blog for the London Evening Standard reports on an interesting idea by Kit Malthouse, deputy to Conservative Mayor Boris Johnson. Mr Malthouse has suggested a novel revenue-raising strategy for government - "lump everything together, phase out all taxes and just charge higher VAT". Paul Waugh says VAT would have to rise to 120% if that was the case. "Kit Malthouse is, as Sir Humphrey would say, very brave," he adds. Labour MP Tessa Jowell says the remark "shows that beneath all the rhetoric, the Tories haven't changed". The British National Party's Nick Griffin says he is preparing for his "biggest election push ever" and is going to get "a huge vote". His key policy, he says, is a call for an immediate pull-out of UK troops from Afghanistan. He also says that suggestions he is costing the public £200,000 in Brussels' expenses are "a lie" and that the money goes to paying staff.
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