BOTH Labour and the Tories are signed up to implement “serious spending cuts”, the head of a leading economic think tank has warned.
have seized on Johnson’s claim as proof both Labour and the Tories will take an axe to public budgets if either is in power after the General Election.He pointed out that “both appear to be committed to one substantial tax rise” in the form of freezing personal tax allowances and thresholds for the next three years – a move worth £11 billion for the Exchequer.
And the IFS warned Labour was operating “just” within the limits of its self-imposed borrowing rules with its scaled-back green prosperity plan. Scottish Tory finance spokesperson Liz Smith hit back, accusing the SNP of having “some nerve given the state of our public services following their gross mismanagement of Scotland’s economy”.
Unfortunately, though, these important debates are being spoiled by a vocal minority of trolls who aren’t really interested in the issues, try to derail the conversations, register under fake names, and post vile abuse.
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