Odd that in the same press release from Labour today where they have a go at the £3-a-week tax break for married couples proposed by the Tories, Yvette Cooper* boasts about the £4-a-week tax credit for working parents. Labour is spinning “as if anyone would get married for a £3-a-week allowance”.

Those of you who are unmarried and/or without kids may have to trust Guido on the following point; having a child is a far bigger commitment and cost than getting married.  As if anyone would have a child for a £4-a-week tax credit…

*The taxpayers pay a marriage credit to Mrs Ball’s household of £300,000 a year – for now.