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Opposition Day - Tax Credits Debate

Ruth Tarrant

20th October 2015

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There are 20 Opposition Days in each Parliamentary Session; these days provide opposition parties with the opportunity to set the agenda for debates on a given day. Today is the 7th Opposition Day of this Session, and has been given over to Labour to lead a debate on the upcoming changes to Tax Credits - all Days so far have been led by Labour.

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Ruth Tarrant

Ruth has been Subject Lead in Economics at tutor2u for many years after a career of teaching Economics, Business, Politics and Maths in a range of secondary schools. She is a highly experienced A level Economics Examiner, and also teaches undergraduate Economics on a very part-time basis at the University of Oxford. Ruth is passionate about making economics fun, engaging and accessible.

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