PRESS RELEASE
23April 2009

Labour’s Dishonest Budget
Malcolm Moss MP reacts to yesterdays Budget from the Chancellor

This is a Dishonest Budget. From today, Britain’s families are facing higher taxes to pay for Labour's Debt Crisis.

After a decade of economic mistakes, Gordon Brown is saddling this country with over £1 trillion of debt. Britain cannot afford another five years of Labour.

The Budget revealed yesterday; tax rises of £1000 on every family in Britain; tax rises on everyone earning over £19,000; tax rises on all new jobs; higher taxes for motorists and responsible drinkers.

Malcolm Moss MP said:

“This Budget is dishonest at best and I am deeply concerned. Public borrowing is going through the roof and landing our children’s generation with huge debt. The growth rates predicted by the Chancellor are highly optimistic and this Budget is clearly more about getting re-elected than anything else. Most worryingly, there appears to be no long term strategy to get the country out of the economic mess we are in.”

If the Conservatives had given this Budget, we would have got a grip on government spending, and used the savings from cutting waste to introduce real help now for families and pensioners:

Freezing council tax for two years, worth over £200 for the typical family

Abolishing income tax on savings for all basic rate taxpayers, worth up to £7,200 a year

Raising the income tax threshold for pensioners, worth up to £400 a year

Conservatives will tackle Labour’s Debt Crisis and deliver economic change for Britain.