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Murphy said the proposal – which appears to imply the devolution of income tax to Wales and Northern Ireland too – was "short-term, divisive, unnecessary and it won't work".
The Tories have gone further than Labour in proposing full devolution of income tax; Labour's proposals rejected the idea, claiming it would promote cross-border tax competition.
Her friends have insisted that she was leaned on by Labour's London HQ to drop support for the devolution of income tax resulting in an incoherent plan.
Retained – there is cross-party agreement over the devolution of income tax powers although many in Labour resisted and warned against it.
Although the cross-party Smith agreement recommended the devolution of income tax rates and bands to the Scottish parliament, it also maintained that UK income tax levels would continue to be determined by the UK parliament.
He also appeared endorse the recommendations of the Smith commission, despite previously describing the devolution of income tax as a "Tory trap" which would lead to Scottish MPs being stripped of their voting rights at Westminster.
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Mr Cameron's Conservative government will now write his proposals which include devolution of income-tax rates and bands, air-passenger duty and certain welfare benefits—into law before the end of the year, making Scotland about as self-governing as subnational units in federal states like Switzerland and Canada.
Labour should support the devolution of full income tax powers to Scotland, a think tank has said.
Despite the "practical barriers" to income tax devolution, Mr Jones will say there may be scope for a system where part of the Welsh government's resources come from Welsh income tax receipts, but without the devolution of powers to vary income tax rates.
"The written evidence supplied by the Welsh government on 14 January, which categorically states that they are in favour of income tax devolution, subject to a referendum".
Devolution of welfare and full income tax devolution would not be".
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