There’s 121 days to go till the General Election and the two main parties have released reports attacking each others plans for the economy. You can read them both here:
A Cost Analysis of Labour Party Policy
The Tories Claims Don’t Add Up
The Conservative’s document outlines how a Labour government would increase spending by £27.1 billion in its first year alone. In his introductory remarks, George Osborne puts forward the ‘simple choice’ facing the British people in May:
‘Ed Miliband’s Labour Party that offers more spending, more borrowing and higher taxes – or David Cameron leading the Conservatives as we continue to work through a long-term economic plan that is reducing the deficit and building a stronger economy.
‘A Labour Government would take Britain back into economic crisis – and the British people have come too far to let that happen.

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