The Shadow Chancellor Oliver Letwin will introduce policies that will make "Britain's tax system simpler and fairer" if the Conservatives are elected. Mr Letwin's keynote speech did not include any firm promises but identified eight areas which he regards as "unfair stealth taxes" including council and inheritance tax.
The Shadow Chancellor assured party members that the Tories will make specific promises on cutting tax before the next election.
Do you think Britain's tax system is complex and unfair? If so, is the Tory plan the way to improve it? How will the Conservative's policies affect their campaign for the general election?
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The following comments reflect the balance of opinion we have received so far:
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I didn't buy Oliver Letwin's false sincerity. If he thinks the British public are all daft enough to believe the promises about taxes, then he should think again!
Linda, Chesterfield
Why should people benefit from inheritance without it being taxed? After all, what have YOU done to earn it, or were you just very fortunate to be born to rich parents?
David Brown, Stockport, England
Year after year, we pay more and more tax and receive less and less in return. Where does all that money go?
IK, UK
I wish all politicians would remember one simple fact.....you are employed by the electorate....so start listening to us!!
KD, UK
We need a simpler and more accountable tax system; until we get that, how do we know whether taxes should be more or less?
Chris G, UK
| At the moment we are paying plenty and getting very little |
It is often said that "you get what you pay for". At the moment we are paying plenty and getting very little. The Tories would be more convincing if they showed how they would spend the current tax millions the government gets from the country. Show people how to spend money properly not squander it as the current government does !!!!
Les, Chesham, UK Sweden has amongst the highest tax rates in the world, but it also has the highest standard of living. The Tories tried tax cuts and the 'trickle down effect' in the '80s. Unfortunately nothing trickled down any further than the shareholders.
Dan, UK
The Tories need to be bolder. We are overtaxed, not encouraged to save (thanks GB.. tax pensions reduced Isa plans etc). The taxes are not being spent wisely. Let's go for a low tax regime to undercut the black economy and encourage people to pay their way. Of course there has to be a safety net but we need to encourage people to improve themselves, let them keep more of their income and be responsible.
Rob, Liverpool
All politicians promise us tax cuts, more police, being harder on criminals when they are not in power. As soon as they are elected, they conveniently forget what they promised or make excuses why they can't deliver them. We have heard all this before!
Neil, UK
The problem is not that taxes are too high, it's that Labour's use of our tax money is wasteful and useless. I would be far more interested in a political party that detailed precisely, who cut waste, excess spending and red tape, giving specifics. That would inevitably bolster the economy, putting more cash in my pocket and the Treasury, and open the door for future tax cuts.
Mike, London, UK
More hollow promises with a raft of excuses to follow. I think this is the very reason the UK Independence Party has gained support so swiftly. Maybe taxes would be more acceptable if people could see the benefits?
Rex Lester, Chessington UK The problem all parties face is taxing the high earners as much as possible without making Britain unattractive. The highly skilled in the workplace now have European mobility, offshore tax breaks, freedom of movement and can pick and choose the taxes they want to pay. Solutions like taxing the rich, or local income tax, just don't hold water anymore. High tax has to be backed up by highly visible improvements or the rich will walk.
Matt, Amsterdam, Netherlands (ex-UK)
The whole tax system must be simplified. The problem is that the people who would have to do it are the very accountants whose income depends on keeping the system as complex and incomprehensible as possible.
Peter, Edinburgh
For every new benefit demanded from the state, the tax take has to be three or four times that to pay for the administration costs. If we didn't expect the government to bail us out we'd all have more of our own money in the first place. Yes, tax cuts are fine by me.
Martyn, Stratford upon Avon, England I always feel sceptical about any party - or government for that matter - offering tax cuts. The money has to come from somewhere. Oh hang on a minute, that's what stealth taxes are for. Silly me!!
Sara, UK
If you want decent schools, hospitals, transport and law and order you must have adequate taxation! Don't trust anyone who tells you otherwise. On the other hand, we could save some tax by not wasting literally billions of pounds on unnecessary wars!
Merlin Cox, London, UK
Politicians say what they think you want to hear just to get into power. Then when they can't deliver the opposition does the same.
Jim, UK
The tax system is far too complicated allowing the rich to find loopholes and wasting vast amounts of money in administration. Why not have just a handful of different taxes and a small range of benefits? It would make this whole tax debate much more transparent.
Michael Rans, London, UK
| The system at the moment appears to be run for the benefit of accountants and government officials |
Any attempt to simplify the current taxation system in this country would be welcome. The taxation rules have got more complex in the past twenty years. We will always be taxed so just make them simpler to administer and for ordinary people to understand. The system at the moment appears to be run for the benefit of accountants and government officials to keep both sets of people in gainful (but unproductive) employment. A simpler system should enable people to see what they are paying for and how much. Not sure many politicians would like such transparency system and I am not sure this is what the Conservatives mean!
David Burch, London
Like many people I can't afford any more tax rises so whichever party will lower my tax burden will get my vote.
Martin, England
What a surprise. It must be an election year. It must be terribly burdensome being one of the six million homeowners who must now have to pay inheritance tax. These people are complaining that their house has doubled in value. My heart bleeds. What a relief to hear that they are unelectable.
Fraser Irving, Sheffield, UK
Tax cuts are always a good idea. Who do you trust more to spend your money - the government or yourself?
Scott, UK
The Inland Revenue employs 50,000 staff and publishes 12.5 million leaflets a year with 160 titles. Cut out that lot and we will probably save a couple of billion and help the environment by saving a huge pile of paper.
Chris Klein, Winchester, UK
| I want a party that will give something back to hard working couples, who have never claimed any benefits |
I want a party that will give something back to hard working couples, who have never claimed any benefits, seeing our endowments slump and pensions struggle. I want the Tories to provide a safety net for the poor and less well off, not encourage people to stay on hand-outs. In doing so, lessen the tax burden and make it a fairer tax system.
Mark, Wimborne, Dorset
I'm on a moderate income but if I knew increases in tax (amongst other major changes) would improve the nation then I'd go for it. It's unfortunate for the Tories that people can remember when they were last in power and used tax cuts as a political tool.
Paul, Mansfield
I have no objection to tax cuts on the whole, but I do remember the Tory promises of the 80s and 90s when the vast majority of people suffered from fewer services, less security, mass unemployment, higher NHS waiting lists, higher inflation, higher interest rates and had little or no help from the complacent Tories other than the advice to 'get on our bikes' Blair may not be perfect, but the majority of the working classes are now better off. All the hype is from the vocal middle classes, screaming and shouting loudly while the workers keep quiet and get on with it.
Beth Morgan, Manchester, UK
All those here who are saying they don't mind paying a bit more tax, are either not bringing up a family, or are being cushioned by the very low rates of interest being paid on mortgages which is the real reason people feel better off. As further taxes are levied in the next parliament, and to address the deteriorating trade balance, interest rates are pushed up to cut demand, the 'pips' will begin to squeak. We as a country can't feed ourselves, we can't make enough goods to provide for ourselves, and yet we have the highest per capita income in Europe. When you next buy something look and see where it's made. You don't have to be a rocket scientist to see that we are living on borrowed time. Best get those tax reductions now, you're going to need them!
Dudley, UK
How about closing all unfair tax loopholes first, so that everyone, not just the middle and working classes, shares the tax burden.
Stephen Benyunes, London UK I notice that Mr Letwin intends to freeze civil service recruitment (and no doubt freeze or cut funding at the same time). Well, Mr Letwin, I work in the civil service in a department for which you as Chancellor would be ultimately responsible and I can tell you this: at current staffing and funding levels we are barely coping with current responsibilities, so what are things going to be like after we're all cut?
Darren M, London
I object strongly to politicians taking me for a fool! Both parties say they won't increase taxes but all they mean is income tax - every other possible tax is raised as quickly and as much as possible. Little wonder therefore that people like me are boycotting the election process. Bad for democracy - yes - but what's the alternative?
Ian Beaton, Scarborough N. Yorks
Inheritance tax seems by far the fairest tax of the lot - why not extend it? Tax people who are dead, and don't need any money. What could be fairer than that?
Mike Richmond, Guildford, England
So, after two terms in opposition, the Tories are not ready with any actual promises yet? In fairness we should allow them a third term out of office to get themselves sorted.
John Latusek, Ammanford, Wales
The sooner the better. It seems to me that the harder you work to support yourself and your family the more you are taxed. Under Labour, the benefit system is now no longer a safety net to help people over a short period, its turned into a way of life with the levels of benefits paid out removing any need for people to go out an seek employment.
Steve, Welwyn Garden City, England
Fair taxes? Simple, just stop the �20 billion in tax breaks to the UK's largest companies. So what if they leave the country, it would just make room for smaller companies who provide better service anyway. Why do we always subscribe to this myth that we need investment from big companies? Most of them outsource to foreign companies anyway! As for public services, whichever government we have makes no difference, our public services are being sold off one by one. Now, let me see, what can we privatise next?
Vic, Kent, UK
I think the American way of low taxes is the best, this encourages the entrepreneurial spirit in people, plus statistics show that charitable donations are higher so 'public services' wouldn't necessarily lose out. It is the growth of businesses that provide for the long term economic future of this country.
Hannah, London, UK
No party in power has ever been able to spend money wisely and efficiently, so any party that says it wants to take less of my money and leave me to decide what it should be spent on has my vote. While they are talking about unfair taxes they should make private healthcare and education payments tax deductible to end the unfair double taxation that hits those who choose not to burden the state provided services.
Tom, London
There are two good reasons for cutting taxes: First, most people complain they are paying too much and that the 'benefits' we receive are poor value for the money. Second, countries with high tax regimes are bad at wealth creation, which means reduced prosperity for the future.
Keith Hunt, Haslemere, UK
Mr Letwin please stop insulting the intelligence of the electorate. You cannot improve public services by cutting investment. Reducing bureaucracy to pay for better services is pure unadulterated rhetoric. For goodness sake Mr Letwin give the electorate some facts, some substance, some answers as to how you intend to fund and improve public services. Dr Fox says the electorate have forgotten what the Tories stand for. The electorate know only too well what you stand for, hence two Labour landslide victories
William, Blackburn, UK
| Any party which offers to reduce or get rid of stamp duty has my attention |
There certainly are many very unfair taxes around. While not usually a Tory voter any party which offers to reduce or get rid of stamp duty has my attention. Council tax is messed up by every government. Why oh why can't we just have a local income tax? Labour have introduced so many new taxes. It is true that we want better public services but I would dispute that we want them at any and all costs. Some of us would like to live a little before we die.
Roger, UK A well balanced and fair tax system provides for the basic needs of the country while promoting economic growth that benefits everyone, which boosts future tax revenue generation. Unfair and complex tax systems inhibit growth, promote distrust of government and encourage criminal behaviour. Britain' increasing layering of tax, upon stealth tax, upon rates upon VAT, upon fees have increased the burden on individuals to a now intolerable extent.
Perversely for a Labour government, the burden of the taxes they have imposed fall heaviest on the working class. The government doesn't want a simpler system as it would suddenly become transparent to all how much we are paying and how unfair and unaccountable they system is.
James, London
Our tax system is incredibly complicated. I earn more than double the national average, and yet I still have to claim 2 benefits. The Conservatives could hardly make it more complicated or less fair.
Dave Brown, Bishop's Stortford, UK
| I am looking forward to when I can withdraw from the labour market and get my nose in this trough too |
Unfortunately the UK has a very high tax burden because we live in a society where people expect many public services to be 'free' or highly subsidised. I can't see that the Tories are going to get much of a vote if they threaten this gravy train. I am looking forward to when I can withdraw from the labour market and get my nose in this trough too.
Mark, Glasgow, UK Mr Letwin's comments are very welcome. However, without definite commitments it is difficult to take this seriously. In general, if the Conservatives want to win the next election, they would do a lot better by being Conservatives rather than positioning themselves as close to Labour as they can.
Dave, Sheffield
"Tax cuts" are just an illusion - the tax will be added on somewhere else, that's not so obvious or easy to calculate. Surely all he's really saying is that he'll say whatever makes him popular then tax us all to high heaven anyway!
Alison, Leeds, UK
The middle classes have moaned about paying too much tax for last 30 years at least, but they are better off now than they have ever been. When are people going to grow up and realise that if you want to live in a civilised society you have to contribute towards it?
Richard P, London
Same old blinkered nonsense from the Tories. It would be laughable if it was not so sad because we need an effective not defective opposition...
Gail, Aberdeen
| Tax cuts means more private goods we don't need and less public services which we do |
Too many people complain about hospitals, schools, police, etc. being under funded (which they are) but refuse to pay more tax to do so. I'd rather my country was healthy and well educated if it meant I had to give up some luxuries which I don't actually need. Tax cuts means more private goods we don't need and less public services which we do.
Richard, Reading Tax is confiscated income. I just want to be able to chooses how I spend what I earn.
Chris Klein, Chandlers Ford, UK
I suspect in the run up to the election the Tories will announce how they will be able to cut tax... they will cut red tape! Isn't that what the usually do when they don't have a clue?
Jonathan, Bedford, England
As far as I'm concerned I have spent 12 years working my backside off to get a good salary only to get there when Brown decides to tax us all into submission. If the Tories are willing to make a go of addressing the tax issue then I'm willing to give them a chance and no, I didn't vote Conservative last time.
Ashley M, London
| I would like to see the Tories get better value for taxes already collected |
What I find disappointing with most comments on this site is, most people work hard day in day out and all I hear is Labour and Liberal supporter want us to pay more and more tax for less and less public services. What I would like to see the Tories do is get better value for taxes already collected. Remember there is only so much you can tax people.
Pez, UK I always thought that if I ran for office I'd have a sure-fire way to win: promise the masses a 3 day weekend. It seems the Tories have a similar strategy.
Jason Miles, Reading, UK
I think most people agree that the tax system is fairly complex but the Tories spent 18 years showing to anyone who would look that they favoured tax cuts that would benefit the rich proportionately more than the poor. The recent increase in the Minimum Wage (raged against by the Tories and their business associates for most of the last 7 years) has added 35p an hour to 2 million people, times 40 hours a week and 52 weeks a year - that's a staggering �1.45 billion added to the lowest paid, without hurting anyone else. Only Labour has tax policies that will really help the poor. It's obvious that the Tories are yesterday's party - in tax as in most other areas.
Simon Tewkstone, Stockton Heath, Cheshire
I think the Tories have the correct view but they always fail on the implementation. Tax cuts, if they can be reasonably afforded, by all means but they need to stop this obsession with the rich and the very rich. The Tories have suffered since Thatcher of being the party of the wealthy English, giving Labour an easy time in Tory self-created 'no-go areas'. Start from the bottom up. �100 a month will mean so much more to poorer people than to wealthy people, would help alleviate so many poverty related problems and once and for all make the Conservatives a 'one-nation party'. Also by the Tories tackling Labour by going after their core vote rather than preaching louder and louder to their own gallery we may get some real political competition in this country and finally rid the country of the concept that if you're working class you need to be socialist to safe guard your interests. The Tories need to do what Labour did - broaden their appeal.
! Hamish Brydone, Edinburgh, UK
| The Tories should raise tax thresholds, remove tax exemptions and lower overall rates of tax |
High taxes are immoral because they damage economic growth and disadvantage the poor who then have to go to the state for benefits. Under New Labour, those on minimum wage are taxed higher than ever. The Tories should raise tax thresholds, remove tax exemptions and lower overall rates of tax.
HJ, Wokingham Quick go to the right! Aaah, no we're alienating the left! Ah! We're alienating the right! AAAAH!
Guy Patching, Uppingham, UK
Politicians pledging tax cuts in the run up to elections? Who'd of thought of it!
Ashley, Essex
The British tax system is more now fair than it was in 1997. The Tory plan to "improve" the system is a euphemism for cutting services, such as Health, Education and the Police. Funds saved will be given to the rich as tax cuts. There is as much chance of the Tories improving the lot of the majority population as there is of peace in Baghdad tomorrow.
Stephen Doyle, Forres, Scotland
Inheritance tax is grossly unfair. This is money that has already been taxed when it was earned, then taxed again when it was saved. And just because it is being transferred to someone else, it gets taxed again. How is this fair? I think the least fair tax is income tax. How is it fair that higher earners are charged a significantly higher percentage of tax than lower earners? I find it difficult to see this as anything other than a punishment for success. Wouldn't it be much fairer if everyone paid the same percentage of income tax across the board, and a real effort was made to close the various loopholes available to avoid paying tax?
Chris, Walton-on-Thames, Surrey, UK Tax cuts really only benefit the very rich. For someone on an average salary a 1% cut in income tax would not substantially increase income. What is needed is to better target the revenue raised through taxation so the taxpayer starts to see real results (e.g. better schools, hospitals etc.) Ideally this would mean considerably less spending on civil service non-jobs as well as a complete freeze on paying spurious compensation claims.
Jon, UK
To Jon, UK. Tax cuts do not only benefit the rich. Tax cuts allow more money to be spent directly within the marketplace thereby allowing more businesses to set up and thrive, which in turn provide more jobs for everyone. If you want to talk about tax cuts at least realise the real issues. Tax cuts help economies - which then indirectly help individuals. Tax cuts have little to do with greed. I wish the Tories would have the bottle to make these simple arguments.
Derek S, UK
It doesn't matter who you vote for - they all say one thing & do another. Remember Labours pledge not to raise income tax? Well, they kept to it - they just failed to mention that their plans were to raise everything else but income tax. Letwin & the discredited Tories will be no different. The whole tax / benefit / public services issue needs a clean sheet re-think by people that actually know what they are talking about & without any agenda, cronies to please or special interest group to appease. Until then we'll continue paying out more & more and receiving less and less for it.
David Morgan, Chelmsford, Essex The Tories raised taxes more than 40 times when last in office, but still failed public services. For tax cuts read cuts to schools, hospitals and police. Cuts, charges and privatization to services that are only now being revived by sustained investment by the Labour government. A Tory government would be one giant leap backwards to the despair of the Eighties and Nineties.
Warren, Brighton, UK
The problem with cutting tax is that the money will need to be recouped another way. Promises are great but often lead to nothing. Keep Blair in I say.
Gavin Jojes, Cardiff, Wales
I shouldn't be too difficult. All they have to do is to stop the vast amount of public sector waste - something Labour has failed to do.
James Murphy, Dorset, UK
| Council tax is only paid by a minority of the electorate |
The Council Tax, at least, needs reforming. Currently council tax is only paid by a minority of the electorate, who are always outvoted by the majority who get the benefits of a high-spending council without having to pay the associated taxes, condemning the minority to pay ever-soaring bills.
Dave, Nottingham The only problem with tax is that the very rich avoid paying any making the rest of us cough up more than our share.
Stephen, Brighton, England
If I knew that my tax was being spent wisely I wouldn't mind paying it so much. But so much is wasted on and by public sector paper pushing.
Simon, London
The Tories need something radical and Michael Howard simply cannot offer it. He's a relic of the Thatcher period and if the party wishes to become a serious contender again, it needs to produce policies that appeal to those other than right wing ideologues.
David Jack, Edinburgh
Gordon Brown has manipulated the current system with his ever increasing "stealth taxes". A simpler system where I could understand where and how I was being charged would get my vote. And of course, lowering taxes in some areas would probably be a good thing too.
JK, London
| I don't get over excited at such a non-policy |
Wow! What a promise! The Tories may cut some unspecified taxes at an unspecified date depending on the unspecified state of the "economic inheritance from Gordon Brown". Forgive me if I don't get over excited at such a non-policy.
Peter, Nottingham, UK And about time. New Labour have saddled us with a welter of sneaky taxes and our family is certainly feeling the pinch. This country functions best under light regulation and low taxation, but Labour are tangling us in red tape and back-door money-grabbing schemes. I'll vote Tory if they can show me how they would get us out of this mess.
A. Howlett, Manchester, England
The system is unfair, but it is unfair because the way we use the tax raised money is non transparent and not subject to scrutiny by the Public. The Public Accounts committee is the only way in which the expenditure is monitored, but despite censure, nothing changes. Most people do not realise that most of our money goes to finance the fat cats of industry and Accountancy or the legal profession. Why should they change that? We need to. Until that changes all this is just hot air.
Tony, Welling, Kent
We'll cut taxes if elected, but we won't say how, how much, or even promise to cut taxes... So it appears they have announced that the Tory policy is not to have any policy. That's handy.
Nathan Hobbs, Luton, UK
The current tax system is over complicated and unfair. No Tory will ever fix it because they are responsible for large parts of it. They have no credibility, no trust and no really new ideas. It is only fair that they should get no votes.
Matthew Faithfull, Nottingham, UK
Yes our tax system is unfair. I live in an average house and have an average wage but when I die my dependants will have to pay inheritance tax at 40%. What did Labour do about the pension crisis? - they introduced a tax on our pension investments. This is hardly fair nor does it encourage us to invest in a pension.
Col, Stockton, UK
Unfair taxes: Council tax, which has now bloated to an enormous figure and takes no account of ability to pay, impoverishing pensioners. Inheritance tax which is now levied on very ordinary people because house prices have bloated. Stamp duty is levied at levels which dissuades people moving to seek new jobs, hitting the flexibility of employment. The 'stealth tax' on your pensions levied by Gordon Brown which has partly created the pensions crisis. The 'tax' on those who have saved and provided for themselves manifested by the means tested 'pensions credit', which is only paid to those who saved nothing. The Tories should represent the people of southern England, the powerhouse of the British economy. These industrious people who stand on their own feet are being fleeced every day by the old style socialists of the north, lead by Gordon Brown. Wake up, and support the Tories to restore social justice.
Alan Goswell, Sonning Common, Oxfordshire
It sounds good but the problem is that we have heard it all before. Come election time the challenger always claims to be able to lower taxes, then if they are elected they fail to deliver blaming world economic conditions or some similar excuse.
Richard Read, London, UK
| This is a good start to their conference, but there is a lot more work to do |
The Tories have made a huge step in the right direction with the targeting of council and inheritance tax and stamp duty. The way in which these costs are made up are completely unfair for almost everyone in the country - from pensioners paying out almost a third of their disposable income on council tax - to those people with fairly modest houses that now fall into the inheritance bracket due to the housing boom - this is a good start to their conference, but there is a lot more work to do.
Adam, Midlands, UK And they wonder why I don't vote. With statements like "so many parties go back on their promises they wont make any pledges now" So they want us to vote for them and they promise nothing. The problem and the reason why I don't vote is that they break their promises. I am not going to vote for someone who refuses to make promises any more than I would vote for a party who lies.
Paolo Sammut
Our tax system is complex, and always will be while our politicians pander to the special interests in the Tory press. We are a low-tax economy compared with other European countries, and this is reflected in our struggling public services. Quite frankly, the idea that the conservatives could make our lives better is ridiculous. Their tired old mantra about a smaller state and more choice simply means less money for public services and more for rich Tory donors. We have more important things to debate than the dated philosophy of a dying party.
David, Herts, England
Gordon Brown has shown us that more tax does not automatically mean better public services. In fact, more money has just led to more waste and more useless bureaucracy. Less tax and more reform is what we need!
Guy Hammond, London, England Cut taxes and cut public services with it. Another ridiculous plan from a ridiculed party.
Ian, UK
Unless they are prepared to get rid of stealth taxation and bring back the 60% and 80% bands to provide the necessary finances then they are wasting their time.
Keith, Sunderland, UK
Are they going to scrap the hated Council tax in favour of a local income tax?
Alec Torrence, Wilts
This is "pie in the sky". If elected they will be no more likely to keep such pledges than the Labour Party did.
John, Milton Keynes
| Any party that doesn't tax middle England into submission will have my vote |
The tax system is unfair in the way that it punishes people that work hard for their money and spend it on the occasional luxury. Any party that doesn't tax middle England into submission will have my vote.
Matt, Plymouth Even at an early age I've lost all faith in both the Conservatives and Labour after too many broken promises and ridiculous plans and proposals. Now a Liberal supporter I hope they can be given the opportunity to offer this country a new dimension and take us forward.
Andrew, Lancashire
How can they create tax cuts when their vision for Britain will be the same as always, they want at least 3.5 million jobless & a new Poll tax. The Tory vision has never changed and never will. Why the Tory Party does not disband is anyone's guess but I suppose it keeps them of the streets !
Neil D, B'ham, UK
| They need the guts to upset the liberal chattering classes |
The only way for the Conservatives will win is to be bold and go for the policies that the majority will support. They need the guts to upset the liberal chattering classes and win the votes from the BNP, UKIP type voters.
David, London Yes. Since Labour have come into power, we have seen unprecedented raises in taxation, and the advent of 'stealth tax'. There is definitely a case for making taxation less complex and more transparent. The question is whether the Tories proposals are realistic, and whether people will notice any real savings.
Andy Bird, Cheshire, UK
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