Hull North MP Diana Johnson tonight voted in Parliament to repeat the bankers’ bonus tax to help create up to 100,000 jobs for young people.
The move proposed by Labour, which would have seen up to 8,600 of these jobs created in Yorkshire and the Humber, was voted down by Lib Dem and Tory MPs.
The Labour Party had tabled an amendment to the Finance Bill that would have required the Tory-led Government to repeat last year’s bonus tax.