Sebastian Payne

Read the two election campaign dossiers from Labour and the Tories

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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