JOHN McDonnell has admitted that Labours tax plans will cost lower-paid couples 250.
The shadow chancellor said married couples would be better off under Labour – despite many losing their 250 annual marriage allowance.
He said Labour had been opposed to the Tory marriage incentive since its inception and had proposed scrapping the tax break – which only applies to couples where one person earns less than 12,500 in personal allowance – in their 2017 manifesto.
Mr McDonnell told the BBC: “What they will lose is about 250 maximum. What they will get in return is free childcare, if they’re on minimum wage they will have a 3,500-a-year increase.”
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