It also appears that we can afford to set aside £1 billion for those who want to start fires in Iraq, yet we cannot afford £430 million for those who want to put out fires in the UK.The crux of the matter is whether the minister is prepared to argue that Westminster should put an extra 10p on the tax of people who earn between £50,000 and £100,000 a year and an extra 20p on the tax of people who earn more than £100,000 a year.