Ka taƙaita labarin:  Ed Balls a yau an zarge shi da 'barin cat daga cikin jakar' a kan harajin haraji bayan ya bar kofa a bude don kama karin ma'aikata na tsakiya a cikin harajin haraji na 40p. A wata hira da aka yi da mai ba da shawara a cikin inuwa sau da yawa ya ƙi yin watsi da ƙoƙarin daidaita littattafan ta hanyar rage adadin da ma'aikata za su samu kafin su biya harajin samun kudin shiga mafi girma. Adadin mutanen da ke biyan harajin 40p ya riga ya tashi daga kusan miliyan 2 zuwa miliyan 5 a cikin shekaru ashirin, amma Tories sun yi alkawarin ɗaga ƙofar idan aka dawo da su mulki. Gungura ƙasa don bidiyo. Shadow Chancellor Ed Balls, wanda aka zana yana ba da jawabi a Glasgow a yau, ya ƙi ƙi yin watsi da yin amfani da lokacin da aka ƙara yawan harajin samun kudin shiga don tara kuɗi don daidaita littattafai. Shugaban kungiyar kwadago na Scotland Jim Murphy ya gana da Shadow Chancellor a gidan wasan Royal Concert a Glasgow a yau. Kungiyar kwadago ta sha alwashin ba za ta kara VAT ko inshorar kasa ba a matsayin wani bangare na matakan rage karancin kudi idan suka ci zabe. Amma da aka matsa masa a kan harajin samun kudin shiga, Mista Balls ya ki ya yi watsi da daskarewa ko rage bakin kofa don tara miliyoyin daga mutanen da ke samun fiye da £ 41,865. A wata hira da aka yi da shi a ITV Westcountry, an tambayi Mista Balls ko yana 'barin kofa a bude a daren yau don canza matakan haraji wanda ke nufin mutane a cikin wannan kashi 40 cikin dari na iya biyan ƙarin haraji a ƙarƙashin ku.' Ministan cikin inuwa ya ƙi yin watsi da shi: 'Abin da zan so in yi shi ne neman hanyoyin da zan iya samun mutane da yawa a cikin kashi 40 cikin dari na haraji. Hakika zan so. 'Amma dole ne in kasance da gaskiya ga mutane. Rashin kudin zai kai fam biliyan 90. Dole ne in sami hanyar da za ta rage kasafin kuɗi a hankali, kuma a hankali da kuma daidaitaccen hanya. ' Ya ce ba zai 'kara yawan harajin samun kudin shiga ba' amma ya bar damar budewa ko rage ma'aunin da ya fara aiki. 'Abin da ba zan iya yi ba shi ne shiga cikin kowane daki-daki na tsarin haraji. Yana da matukar rikitarwa. 'Ba zan yi alƙawarin ba da kuɗi ba don yin hakan, saboda ina tsoron a ƙarshe hakan zai zama VAT...
Shadow Chancellor ya ki yin watsi da amfani da ƙofar don tara kuɗi. Alkawarin ba za a kara yawan harajin samun kudin shiga ba amma ba za a kama mutane da yawa a cikin kashi 40 ba. Shugaba George Osborne ya ce Balls ya'bar cat daga cikin jakar. 'Yan Tory sun yi alkawarin kara kudin daga £ 41,865 zuwa £ 50,000 nan da shekarar 2020. Kungiyar kwadago ta ce shirin ya kai fam biliyan 7 ba tare da kudi ba.