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No amount of spin can hide economic reality

Monday, November 17 2008

Alan Duncan

Alan Duncan has warned Gordon Brown he cannot hide the truth after Peter Mandelson joined Alistair Darling and Tony McNulty in admitting that unfunded tax cuts would result in tax rises later.

Alan, the Shadow Business Secretary, said “Peter Mandelson is just the latest in a line of Ministers who have owned up to what Gordon Brown is not prepared to admit: that unfunded tax cons now will leave British taxpayers with a cripplingly expensive bill later.”

He stressed, “No amount of spin can hide the economic reality that reckless borrowing will leave the British people with higher debts and higher taxes in years to come.”

And he said the choice in British politics was clear: “Fiscal irresponsibility and tax cons from Labour; fiscal responsibility and funded tax cuts from the Conservatives.”

Alan Duncan MP

Alan is the Shadow Minister for Prisons.

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What we must do to get our economy back on its feet

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In this video, recorded just before he delivered the annual Mais lecture, Shadow Chancellor George Osborne talks about the Conservative Party's plans to get the British economy back on its feet.