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dmbr34937 | 21:38 Wed 06th Aug 2008 | Business & Finance
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which government introduced it the tory or labour parties
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Gordon Brown 1999 - labour
The 10 pence tax band was introduced by Tony Blair's Labour goverment in 1999. The person who introduced it was Chancellor.... Gordon Brown!
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/leadi ng_article/article3803280.ece
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If you're asking about recent history, then the answer is 'Labour', in 1997:
http://eastclifframsgate.blogspot.com/2008/04/ steve-ladyman-mp-on-10-tax-band.html

However, if this is a quiz question, the answer is probably 'Tory' (under Pitt the Younger), in 1799:
http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/history/taxhis1.htm

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The first 10% rate of income tax was introduced in 1799 by William Pitt the Younger, technically a Tory but self-described as an "independent Whig".

http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/history/taxhis1.htm
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