Will Cameron and Osborne divorce over marriage?

I’d recommend you read Rachel Sylvester’s column in today’s Times. In it, she identifies a split between David Cameron and George Osborne on recognising marriage in the tax system. Cameron’s extremely keen on the idea, and wants to reintroduce the married couple’s allowance. Osborne, on the other hand, isn’t and doesn’t. Here’s the key passage:

“Mr Osborne disagrees. For him, it is not the State’s job to tell people how to live their lives. He would prefer to use scarce Treasury resources to support parents, whatever family structure they are in, than to reward a childless millionaire hedge fund manager who happens to be married to a lady who likes to lunch. He is concerned that the Tories will alienate voters if they appear to stigmatise single mothers and cohabiting couples. ‘There is a substantial disagreement,’ one insider says. ‘It’s hard to see a way through.'”