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"Dear Editor, Just to show what we think about the latest lory budget we decided to send in an extra donation to the monthly fund. Please find enclosed £103.60. From Coventry WSL". That was the pleasant surprise that greeted us as we opened the mail this week. We think it is an example that should be emulated by readers and supporters up and down the country. If you can't make it quite as much as our Coventry comrades we'll Together with other contributions, the Coventry donation brought the fund so far this month to a healthy looking £422.35. But as usual, we must not allow ourselves to get complacent if we Show your hostility to the Tory Budget in a constructive and send us as much as you can afford. Our address is: mainly on the poorest.

Pensioners and claimants face a boost in inflation well above the pitiful increase in their benefits-while many of them become for the first time liable for tax as a result of Howe's decision not to raise personal allowances.

All in all, the Low Pay Unit estimates that l million additional low-paid workers will now be caught in the tax net.

And the way Howe has raised his additional money means that a two-child family on £75 per week faces a 6% insranco in tavation A family on £125 is hit by 42% increase in taxation, while the £30,000 a year couple faces a tax increase of only 22%.

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