The government claims the hike in VAT from 17.5% to 20% will hit the rich hardest, Labour claims it will hammer the poor. Chancellor George Osborne insists it is a tough but necessary step, Shadow chancellor Alan Johnson warns that it will put the economic recovery at risk.
David Grossman reports on a classic political dispute.
Broadcast on Tuesday 4 January 2011.
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