William Hague pledges income tax rate just for England to take power away from Scots

England will have its own rate of income tax within one year under Conservative plans to ensure that Scottish Labour and SNP MPs are never able to “dictate” what happens south of the border, William Hague has said.

Mr Hague will on Friday unveil the Conservative Party’s English manifesto alongside David Cameron to ensure that Scottish MPs can no longer have a deciding say on rates of taxation for English families.

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A Conservative government will, within 100 days of the general election, introduce legislation to ensure that English MPs have a veto over laws applying only to their constituents.

He accused Ed Miliband of showing “arrogance” by ignoring the needs of English voters by refusing to back plans to have “English votes for English laws”.

Mr Hague warned that Ed Miliband and his inner circle are the “most left wing, union-dominated, deficit spending, instinctively taxing Labour Party that we’ve seen since Michael Foot”.

Mr Hague told The Daily Telegraph: “This [manifesto]is a matter of fairness for the whole of the United Kingdom. We are going ahead with the additional devolution that’s been promised to Scotland.

“It is vital to be fair to the whole United Kingdom to keep the UK together – and that includes being fair to the voters and taxpayers of England.”

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He added: “The time has come with so much devolution to recognise that it’s right to respond to the concerns of England as well and to build in better accountability for them.

“It is important to England as well.”

The English manifesto will also contain a series of commitments on English-only issues, such as a pledge to guarantee a seven-day service in NHS England.

Each English region will be represented with its own page in the manifesto, setting out pledges for jobs increases and road and rail projects.

^{Mr Cameron will tell supporters the plan "recognises that the democratic picture has got more complicated in the UK"}

In a speech on Friday, Mr Cameron will reject Labour claims that having “English votes for English laws” will fuel nationalism south of the border and make Scottish independence more likely.

He will say: “We do not support English nationalists, we do not want an English Parliament, we are the Conservative and Unionist Party through and through. This manifesto simply recognises that the democratic picture has got more complicated in the UK, so beyond our main manifesto, English voters deserve one document, clarifying in black and white what they can expect."

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The Prime Minister will add: “Soon, the Scottish Parliament will be voting to set its own levels of income tax - and rightly so - but that has clear implications. English MPs will be unable to vote on the income tax paid by people in Aberdeen and Edinburgh while Scottish MPs are able to vote on the tax you pay in Birmingham or Canterbury or Leeds. It is simply unfair. And with English votes for English laws we will put it right.”

Mr Hague said that the May 7 election is a “very important decision point” about future taxation levels across the country.

He said: “What we’re saying in the Conservative Party is not only will you have – if there’s a Conservative majority in Parliament – the continued reduction in income tax that comes from raising the [higher rate] threshold, you’ll also have a change in the rules for the future so that if after some future election there is a Labour-SNP majority in Parliament they won’t be able to dictate the rate of income tax in England.

“And therefore this election is a very important decision point about how people are taxed in the UK and particularly how they are taxed in England.”