The Labour Party has renewed its pledge not to extend VAT to books in its manifesto published today (12th April). In the run up to the election, which will take place on 6th May, both the Labour and Conservative parties have ruled out adding tax to printed books.

The Labour manifesto, released today, said: "We renew our pledge not...

The Conservative party has pledged not to add tax to books if it is elected come 6th May. Questions have been raised over VAT after the Tories said they would not raise National Insurance contributions. But shadow culture minister Ed Vaizey said: "We have absolutely no plans to put VAT on books. I know that VAT on e-books is an issue for...

Culture secretary Ben Bradshaw made a last impassioned plea for ministers to pass the Digital Economy Bill in the House of Commons yesterday (6th April), warning that if policy makers did not "do something" about unlawful file-sharing "such activity...will pose a serious threat to our creative sectors and Britain's leadership...

The Conservative opposition has welcomed yesterday's announcement by the government confirming libel law is being reformed, but said it would act faster if it were in power now.

The shadow justice secretary, Dominic Grieve said in a statement: "We welcome the announcement, but proposals for another review mean nothing will be...