:01:44. > :01:51.Blood coming up and happen are, why a multi-millionaire Yorkshire
:01:51. > :02:01.football club chairman claims the 50 pence tax rate is a no-go for
:02:01. > :02:01.
:02:01. > :30:33.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 1711 seconds
:30:33. > :30:37.Good afternoon. He were watching the Sunday politics for Yorkshire,
:30:37. > :30:43.Lincolnshire than the North Midlands. Coming up: it tycoon's
:30:43. > :30:48.tax warning. The owner of Yorkshire's highest place football
:30:48. > :30:58.club is worth as much as the Queen. He thinks the 50 pence tax rate for
:30:58. > :31:02.
:31:02. > :31:07.top honours is unknown goal for our economy. Our guests, welcome. Less
:31:07. > :31:12.than 72 hours away from the budget, what should be Chancellor be doing
:31:12. > :31:18.to boost the economic prospects here in Yorkshire and Lincolnshire?
:31:18. > :31:23.A desperately need a budget for jobs and growth. We need to see
:31:23. > :31:28.infrastructure investment brought forward, not to 2014 but to today.
:31:28. > :31:33.We also need to see a temporary VAT drop which would help stimulate
:31:33. > :31:36.demand in the retail sector. We need a stimulus to help young
:31:36. > :31:44.people get into jobs and we need more investment in the economy to
:31:44. > :31:48.see the rock that will help us out of the crisis we are run.
:31:48. > :31:51.Should we listen to that advice? I am fairly sure that we will be
:31:51. > :31:56.listening to the advice of many people. Are the most important
:31:56. > :32:01.thing about the Budget is to ensure that we sustained a sensible course.
:32:01. > :32:05.We obviously want to see investment and to see the economy growing but
:32:05. > :32:08.we want that on the long term and not just a short-term fix.
:32:08. > :32:13.There is plenty to talk about because the Chancellor is
:32:13. > :32:17.reportedly looking at cutting the top rate of income tax for the
:32:17. > :32:24.highest of earners. It is a move criticised by Labour but will be
:32:24. > :32:30.welcomed by at least one supporter of Ed Miliband. As some Allam is
:32:30. > :32:34.the owner of Hull City football club. He believes the continuation
:32:34. > :32:38.of the higher tax rate will drive many entrepreneurs out of the
:32:38. > :32:44.country. The recent Sunday Times Rich List
:32:44. > :32:49.has suggested that Assem Allam was once a little under �300 million.
:32:49. > :32:56.East Yorkshire based businessman says he is fed up with handing over
:32:56. > :33:00.half his income to the taxman. of my friends who have leapt -- who
:33:00. > :33:08.have Wells have left the country. When people leave the country to
:33:08. > :33:12.avoid the 50% and their export their capital with them. The same
:33:12. > :33:16.thing -- there is a government scheme to invite foreign
:33:17. > :33:21.businessmen to come here. Look after your own people first because
:33:21. > :33:25.they leave the country because of this high taxation system.
:33:25. > :33:31.At the moment, there is a big debate going on in government over
:33:31. > :33:36.the future of the 50 pence top rate of tax which applies to people who
:33:36. > :33:41.are over �150,000 per year. There has also been top of a mansion tax
:33:41. > :33:46.and some Liberal Democrats would like to see a specific tycoon tax.
:33:46. > :33:53.That is one of a number of ideas that we have as a party. I think it
:33:53. > :33:58.is a very interesting idea. It could help to ensure that we make
:33:58. > :34:03.sure that the wealthiest of this country pay their fair share of tax.
:34:03. > :34:08.The top rate of tax was introduced under Labour. Many in the party
:34:08. > :34:13.believe it should remain. We have to get the deficit down and
:34:13. > :34:18.to do that, it means higher taxes, cuts in spending and getting jobs
:34:18. > :34:22.and brought back on track. It is right that those with the broadest
:34:22. > :34:26.shoulders share some of the pain of getting the deficit down.
:34:26. > :34:31.The think it is right that wealthy people should pay their fair share?
:34:31. > :34:39.Yes, but we live and a small world and there are no borders now. If
:34:39. > :34:45.you tell me, work hard, and I pay 50%, and I can swim to Holland
:34:45. > :34:49.where I pay 20 or 30%, you are risking, and it is actually
:34:49. > :34:53.happening, that many people with millions of pounds have left the
:34:53. > :34:58.country. All of the says he does not support
:34:58. > :35:02.one political party, he invited Ed Miliband to watch Hull City play
:35:02. > :35:09.last Saturday. Despite the Labour leader cancelling an appearance at
:35:09. > :35:19.the protest due to ill health. The gathering for National Health
:35:19. > :35:29.was cancelled because there was doubt about him coming. But the
:35:29. > :35:30.
:35:30. > :35:34.football match is there, regardless, The success of Assem Allam's
:35:34. > :35:38.generator company in the East Yorkshire has led to the Egyptian-
:35:38. > :35:42.born businessman becoming as wealthy as the Queen, but it will
:35:42. > :35:49.be up to the Chancellor to decide how much he and many others pay to
:35:49. > :35:53.her Majesty's Treasury. Fabian Hamilton, the 50 pence tax
:35:53. > :35:57.rate was introduced under Labour. What you make of that claim that
:35:57. > :36:01.many entrepreneurs will leave the country unless the tax burden is
:36:01. > :36:06.reduced? With great respect to him, who is a
:36:06. > :36:11.very good business person, I think that is a load of rubbish. I do not
:36:12. > :36:15.see people leaving this country because of the 50p tax rate.
:36:15. > :36:19.�150,000 per year there's a lot of money and it is more than the Prime
:36:19. > :36:24.Minister learns. It seems to me that nobody needs that amount of
:36:24. > :36:28.money. If they pay an extra �10, then that is the wealthy paying
:36:28. > :36:34.their way to help the screes medal and the poorest in our country to
:36:34. > :36:38.help pay off that deficit. I will bring in Helen Alexander. A
:36:38. > :36:43.single mum of three from North Yorkshire and also part of the
:36:43. > :36:47.occupier leads protest last year, the anti-capitalist protest. Would
:36:47. > :36:53.you like to see the rich paying less tax?
:36:53. > :36:56.Absolutely not. This proposal, at a time like now, it is disgusting. If
:36:56. > :37:00.we needed proof that the coalition government and politics in general
:37:00. > :37:05.does not listen to the average working person and families in
:37:05. > :37:09.general, the fact they can suggest this is the proof.
:37:09. > :37:16.Do you think Mr Osborne will cut the top rate of tax?
:37:16. > :37:20.I have no idea of what the Chancellor's is planning -- the
:37:20. > :37:24.Chancellor's plan is. But this has come from backbench MPs and the
:37:24. > :37:29.media, slightly unfair to say it is the coalition government not
:37:29. > :37:32.listening to people. But we have to work with pragmatism. There is a
:37:32. > :37:36.philosophical argument about taxation and that is fine and the
:37:37. > :37:42.left and the right never agree about that. But the pragmatic
:37:42. > :37:46.argument is, what is raising the most money at a time like this? We
:37:46. > :37:50.are hoping and I'm sure you will pay -- he will raise the bottom
:37:50. > :37:54.threshold for paying tax which will have a lot of people out of
:37:54. > :38:00.taxation, but if the figures show that less income tax has been
:38:00. > :38:06.collected through the 50 pence tax, that needs to be addressed. It is
:38:06. > :38:11.not a philosophical argument but the pragmatic argument for me.
:38:11. > :38:14.it is symbolic. Helen is right. If you are saying to people who are
:38:14. > :38:18.really screes and having trouble raising three kids as a single
:38:18. > :38:23.parent, that we are going to lead the Reds of a little bit of tax,
:38:23. > :38:27.that is patently unfair. I entirely agree. But what I want
:38:27. > :38:31.to see is the best way of getting the tax out of the people who can
:38:31. > :38:35.afford to pay out and if you are paying -- taxing to a level where
:38:35. > :38:42.it is very easy for rich people to jump over the border where they
:38:42. > :38:46.don't pay as much tax, that is not a solution.
:38:46. > :38:50.Let me go back to Helen. Isn't there an argument that we need
:38:50. > :38:54.entrepreneurs and wealth creators. We need them to pay tax year so
:38:54. > :38:58.that we can pay child benefit and tax credits.
:38:58. > :39:02.Absolutely, we need them here but we need them to take a moral
:39:02. > :39:11.decision to contribute to their own country. It simply is not
:39:11. > :39:18.acceptable to say, I will lead this country to pay less tax elsewhere.
:39:18. > :39:22.-- leaves. While we do like to see from this
:39:22. > :39:25.Budget? A I would like to see something that would actually help
:39:25. > :39:30.my family. A some redress of the tax credit
:39:30. > :39:38.changes that are coming which will reduce my own family's income by
:39:38. > :39:43.�530 per year. It seems ridiculous that my family faces that kind of
:39:44. > :39:48.cut to our income and yes somebody on �150,000 per year it is going to
:39:48. > :39:53.be given a tax break. Can you justify that? Many are
:39:53. > :39:58.single mothers facing cuts to their tax credits but the reds are
:39:58. > :40:04.getting the cuts? We have made just clarify, I think
:40:04. > :40:11.Helen is a single parents, and its you talking about the fat you
:40:11. > :40:15.cannot get to 16 hours or 24 hours per week, because 16 hours is for
:40:15. > :40:20.single parents and couples will be extended to 24 hours to get their
:40:20. > :40:25.cut -- their tax credits. There will be a period of disparity but
:40:25. > :40:29.hopefully by raising the income tax threshold and various other tweaks
:40:29. > :40:33.and the increase in child benefit, child benefit tax credits,
:40:33. > :40:36.hopefully that will balance this out in some way.
:40:36. > :40:40.The problem is that as we had this debate in the House of Commons just
:40:40. > :40:44.over a week ago, it is very difficult for a lot of people who
:40:44. > :40:49.have to raise their hours of work per week actually finding those
:40:49. > :40:54.hours. Employers are saying they do not have the hours available.
:40:54. > :40:59.If you could finish off, Helen, and you could wave a magic wand and
:40:59. > :41:03.have one was from the Chancellor, what with that be?
:41:03. > :41:08.They say a economy that recognises the efforts of working people and
:41:08. > :41:12.isn't giving will -- ridiculous tax breaks to the rich.
:41:12. > :41:19.We will see. A special programme tomorrow night looking at the
:41:19. > :41:29.Budget. It will look at people in all walks of life looking at the
:41:29. > :41:34.
:41:34. > :41:44.cost of living and her financial It is time for the week's political
:41:44. > :41:51.
:41:51. > :41:54.The big guns have turned up at what must be one of the shortest
:41:54. > :41:59.campaigns in by-election history. Apart from the three main party
:41:59. > :42:04.candidates, another five are standing in the Bradford West by-
:42:04. > :42:14.election which takes place in just under two weeks' time. With David
:42:14. > :42:16.
:42:16. > :42:26.Cameron in Washington, the deputy taunted Nick Clegg. Man-to-man,
:42:26. > :42:27.
:42:27. > :42:33.what does he really think? There are now 261,000 jobless
:42:33. > :42:38.people in Yorkshire and the Humber. The unemployment rate is now 9.8%.
:42:38. > :42:42.By Emily, Grimsby MP Austin Mitchell claims the lives of a
:42:42. > :42:46.politician is not attractive to Britain's top graduates any more.
:42:46. > :42:54.It is a combination of the role, the difficulties in doing it and
:42:54. > :42:59.the salary. I think there is a suggestion that
:42:59. > :43:03.the �65,000 per year salary for MPs is not enough to attract the right
:43:03. > :43:08.calibre of people into politics. Do you agree?
:43:08. > :43:13.It is a lot of money, I think it is perfectly adequate. The standard
:43:13. > :43:19.and quality of the new intake of MPs on all sides is outstanding. I
:43:19. > :43:25.totally refute that argument. You are a relatively new MPs. Do
:43:25. > :43:29.you think equality of politicians has dropped?
:43:29. > :43:33.I can only draw on what experienced people in the house have said and
:43:33. > :43:38.people like Jack Straw are saying that the current intake is one of
:43:38. > :43:42.the highest calibre or he has ever seen. Where I that fundamentally
:43:42. > :43:47.disagree is the fact is that you don't going to politics to make
:43:47. > :43:51.money. You going because it is a Colling and you feel that you can
:43:51. > :43:56.help people, this is a vocational job does like teaching, nursing or
:43:56. > :43:59.being a vicar. The Bradford West by-election is in
:43:59. > :44:05.full swing. Has it gripped Westminster?
:44:05. > :44:10.Not really, nobody is really talking about it. The people that
:44:10. > :44:14.are talking about it are just very sad that he had to step down. That
:44:14. > :44:21.is what people are talking about. There will be a special programme
:44:21. > :44:26.next week. It has been billed as the antidote to the Oscar-winning
:44:26. > :44:36.blockbuster, the Iron Lady. They play about the life of Arthur
:44:36. > :44:42.
:44:42. > :44:48.Scargill starts in Barnsley this A or, God! Thatcher is dead. It
:44:48. > :44:54.wasn't in the Guardian. This play has a very different
:44:54. > :44:59.opening to the Oscar-winning Iron Lady.
:44:59. > :45:03.This is Meryl Streep, the DVD sales will go through the do so.
:45:03. > :45:07.A 74-year-old Arthur Scargill working on a book with his
:45:07. > :45:12.publisher in his London flat discovers his arch enemy is dead.
:45:12. > :45:15.It says off a chain of events and recollections that test the
:45:15. > :45:18.strengths and weaknesses of the controversial leader of the year-
:45:18. > :45:24.long miners' strike and the subsequent near destruction of the
:45:24. > :45:34.industry. The magnificent way and reds are
:45:34. > :45:37.
:45:37. > :45:47.young people in this industry have... -- in which.
:45:47. > :45:50.
:45:50. > :45:53.It is unlikely that the play will In January members of the miners'
:45:53. > :45:56.wives support group calling themselves the real Iron Lady's
:45:56. > :46:04.picketed aid cinema in Chesterfield on the day that the film was
:46:04. > :46:08.released. A where there is discord, may we bring harmony.
:46:08. > :46:13.What did they make of it? Two of them were in the audience on
:46:13. > :46:17.opening night sitting alongside a couple of retired miners' union
:46:17. > :46:21.leaders and two stance conservative Thatcherite.
:46:21. > :46:26.Disappointment was the word on my mind. I do not find the characters
:46:26. > :46:30.really believable. That absolute sense of resentment
:46:30. > :46:35.and anger about the destructive course that was one least on the
:46:35. > :46:39.miners and miners communities, that came through quite strongly.
:46:40. > :46:46.I was hoping for a more accurate portrayal than the Iron Lady.
:46:46. > :46:50.The row at aspects of it but just not realistic. A live what?
:46:50. > :46:55.Barter's gargle never uses a computer and never has as long as I
:46:55. > :46:59.have known him. The acting is superb. But I think
:46:59. > :47:02.the content is not quite what I expected. There is so much emotion
:47:02. > :47:06.and I wanted to see more of the facts.
:47:06. > :47:12.One of the aims we have been Barnsley is to create circumstances
:47:12. > :47:16.which would allow a new industry to be brought into the area.
:47:16. > :47:22.Constantly harking back of the events of 30 years ago have is not
:47:22. > :47:29.helping in that respect. In fact, it might do more harm than good.
:47:29. > :47:33.Why did you do it? Why did you leave -- lead the National Union of
:47:33. > :47:39.Mineworkers into that struggle? Why didn't to compromise? I will tell
:47:40. > :47:46.you. Because I was right. It has not really been examined in
:47:46. > :47:50.this way before. The misunderstood almost under -- misinterpreted
:47:50. > :47:55.character, whatever way you look at him, he was interesting.
:47:55. > :48:03.The offer of a Seeds was turned down by Arthur Scargill. It will
:48:03. > :48:08.now go on tour. I am going to step out into a
:48:08. > :48:13.country that no longer contains a living Margaret Thatcher. Enjoy it.
:48:13. > :48:17.I will. Quite controversial, a play that
:48:17. > :48:22.effectively celebrates the death of Margaret Thatcher, will some
:48:23. > :48:26.Conservatives be upset? I think, to celebrate the death of
:48:26. > :48:31.anybody is slightly beyond the pale. It always amazes me that there are
:48:31. > :48:37.those on the at extra money star ASH extremities who celebrates
:48:37. > :48:42.death and destruction -- certain people at the extremities to
:48:42. > :48:46.celebrate death and destruction. Anything that qualifies anybody
:48:46. > :48:50.dying is wrong. A do we really want to have a
:48:50. > :48:54.retrospective on the miners' strike, are pretty dark period in your to
:48:54. > :48:58.history? I don't know. It is supposed to be
:48:58. > :49:03.an entertainment. I would agree that I don't want to celebrate
:49:04. > :49:08.anybody's death, I would rather celebrate the death of her ideas
:49:08. > :49:11.but they are enjoying a resurgence at the moment which is a shame.
:49:11. > :49:15.Entertainment is fine but the premise that we should celebrate
:49:15. > :49:21.anybody dying is rather sad. Let's look at the ideas and the
:49:21. > :49:24.principles, the values. That is what is important, I think.
:49:24. > :49:29.Do you think it is important for young people to learn about this
:49:29. > :49:33.period in our history? I think it is very important. It
:49:34. > :49:39.should allow a debate on the issues and on the political loss of these
:49:39. > :49:43.at the time, where it came about. One thing which I was always clear
:49:43. > :49:47.about and I am clear about now it is that he was a union leader who
:49:47. > :49:51.ignored or did not want to carry out a ballot of all of his members
:49:51. > :49:56.because he wanted to change the delicate -- the democratically-
:49:56. > :49:58.elected government of the country, and in my opinion he took a lot of
:49:58. > :50:02.hard working people up the garden path.
:50:02. > :50:06.A I would agree with much of that but it is sad that he turned out to
:50:06. > :50:10.be right about the death of the coal industry and what he and the
:50:10. > :50:16.union leaders it was trying to do was defend the future of the coal