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General election 2001: Tax row: National insurance levels; ENGLAND: London: Wimbledon: INT TLMS Prime Minister Tony Blair along with Michelle Collins (Actress) as applauded PULL OUT SOT Audience applauding PAN Blair next Collins SOT TLMS Chancellor of Exchequer Gordon Brown sitting in press conference with Prime Minister Tony Blair CMS Brown speaking (not heard) SIDE GV Labour news conference Chancellor of Exchequer Gordon Brown press conference (as Blair and Brown nervously fingering pens) SOT - I'm not going to get into position of making further commitments / It is not responsible thing for Finance Spokesman or Chancellor to do MS Alastair Campbell (Prime Minister's Press Secretary) sitting in audience Michael Portillo (Shadow Chancellor) speaking at podium (not heard) (3 SHOTS) Michael Portillo (Shadow Chancellor) press conference SOT - He has effectively announced 50% rate of tax that will fall on middle Britain, middle income, middle class Britain Malcolm Bruce (Liberal Democrat) interviewed SOT - No, Brown has not been able to lay bogie that there is question mark as to what taxes Labour might increase John Sergeant (ITN journalist) towards past with Brown Chancellor of Exchequer Gordon Brown interview SOT - What I'm not going to do is follow Tory irresponsibility of going thru each and every one of 245 tax allowances and reliefs, something that could put stability of economy at risk 2-SHOT Sergeant interviewing Brown Chancellor of Exchequer Gordon Brown interview SOT - What I ruled out was return to 1992 policies of Labour Party, allegation of 50% tax made by Portillo is one that is completely false and one I utterly repudiate EXT SIDE MS Portillo shaking with teenage girl Michael Portillo (Shadow Chancellor) speaking to press SOT - Perfectly easy, if he wants to settle this matter / Let him give as clear a pledge on National Insurance contributions as he was willing to give on income tax ...