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Brian Says -
"Local
people will remember
Car Parking Charges" |
Shadow Chancellor Oliver Letwin has given
the strongest indication yet that the Tories will promise
tax cuts at the next election. Mr Letwin made his comments
about the Tories' tax policy in an interview published in
the Daily Telegraph. He promises to resign if he does not
deliver his pledges but stops short of making any specific
commitments. More: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4087325.stm
WE SAY: Oliver Letwin is trying to win support by titillating
the public with hints that taxes will be cut. The brutal
truth is that, although we would all like to see the burden
of taxation reduced, major tax changes would be very expensive
and are simply not affordable in the current climate.
The
Conservatives can not continue to get away with hinting tax
cuts for almost everybody, reducing the budget deficit whilst
maintaining spending on health, education, crime and defence.
(Vincent Cable MP , Lib Dem Shadow Chancellor, 13/12/04)
Brian
Dash, Parliamentary Spokesman for the New Forest, says "The public are not going to be fooled by Tory hints
about tax cuts. In this area, we remember well the Tory pledge
to remove car parking charges, only to introduce them again
without permits for local tax payers".
More: http://www.libdems.org.uk/index.cfm/page.homepage/section.home/article.7948 |
