FT.com / World - Give rich donors tax breaks, says Blears

FT.com / World - Give rich donors tax breaks, says Blears: "Give rich donors tax breaks, says Blears

By Christopher Adams, Political Correspondent

Published: May 31 2007 03:00 | Last updated: May 31 2007 03:00

The rich should be rewarded with tax benefits to revive Victorian-era philanthropy and encourage charitable giving in Britain, says Hazel Blears, the Labour party chairman.

In an interview with the Financial Times, Ms Blears, widely seen as the Blairite candidate in the contest to replace John Prescott as Labour's deputy leader, angrily hit out at what she said were calls for 'punitive levels of taxation' from some of her rivals."