New figures from the Treasury reveal that only 6% of married couples would benefit from the Tories’ new married couples plan.

Far from his commitment to ‘recognise all marriages’, 94% of married couples would get nothing.

In fact, in order to fund this new tax pledge, David Cameron and George Osborne have admitted they will raise other taxes, hitting married couples as well as the rest of the population.

Liam Byrne MP, Labour’s Chief Secretary to the Treasury, today said:

“Marriage plays…