The Tories have unveiled further details of proposed tax cuts if they win the next election. Conservative leader, Michael Howard outlined tax cuts of �4bn after yesterday's announcement that the party aimed to cut �35bn from "wasteful" public spending.
The Tories say the savings would be ploughed into frontline services, particularly in health and education.
However Labour claim that the Tory sums do not add up and will not be believed by voters.
What do you think of the Tories proposed tax cuts? Will this affect how you vote?
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The following comments reflect the balance of opinion received so far:
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Labour have raised taxes on at least 50 occasions since 1997, not to mention not increasing the personal allowances. Put simply I'd like to keep more of my own money and choose how to spend it. Good on Michael Howard for recognising this.
Chris Taylor, Haslemere
Labour advertise their latest welfare benefits on prime time TV. Labour spends money on expensive illegal wars. Labour spends money on expensive childcare (which parents should pay). Remove these costly treats, and you could save billions. Mr Howard can easily deliver on his promise, any idiot can see that!
Alfie Noakes, North of England, UK
This is usual Tory promise that never can be delivered. Michael Howard clearly under-estimates the sophistication of the electorate, possibly as a result of the recent Bush victory.
Richard Pullan, Farnborough, UK
While the Tory policies have a sensible principle behind them, they just seem to be clutching at straws to differentiate themselves from Labour. They need to get to the crux of the matter and say that they will make big savings by cutting functions of government, not just by finding 'efficiency saving'. I think the government does far too much and interferes too much in our lives. There is a gap in British politics for a political party - a pro free-market party that also delivers social justice. The Conservatives will have to evolve over the coming years to get back the gap between them and Labour.
Harry, UK
It's a simple economic fact that lower taxes help create greater wealth which in the medium term creates greater tax revenues. Governments are greedy, wasteful and love to play the role of lady bountiful with our money. I'll be voting for tax cuts in order to improve public services.
Brian Pendlebury, London UK
Within two miles of where I live in inner London we have a brand new secondary school and two new primary school buildings. What a change from the leaky roof and portakabin classrooms I remember from my own schooldays under the Tories. The level of cuts Howard is proposing would take us straight back to the bad old days.
Steve, London, UK
A tax cut now means a tax increase later. This Tory proposal is nothing but a cheap bribe. Just as in 1997, and despite all its faults since, Labour is still the least bad party.
LP, London, UK
Hoorah! At last some sense. Only those who have lived through the sclerotic economies in Europe will appreciate that Labour have been sleep walking Britain into the same mire as the rest of the continent. What "New" Labour has done is undo all the enterprise created by Thatcher and introduce non-jobs in the public sector.
Alex, London, UK
| The only people who really gain, and do gain a lot from tax cuts, are the high earning rich |
The only people who really gain, and do gain a lot from tax cuts, are the high earning rich. The vast majority of people in this country earn considerably less than the top 10% and would only gain a little from tax cuts. In the long run they and in particular the poor will have to pay for the massive pay rise that the high earners would gain. Most certainly through the increased cost of public services, and other individual taxes. Again the Tories appeal to the sense of greed of the mass of people who think they will gain something.
Terry M, Hersham UK The government wastes too much of our money, and the only party that will change that is the Conservative Party. It is a fact that small government and individual freedom cost less to administer that the great socialist central command and control organization that we currently have under Labour.
Graham Shelton, Oxford, England
The British are obsessed with tax cuts, yet want the public services enjoyed by our European neighbours, who often pay much higher taxes. Over the years, both parties have moved from taxes on what we earn to taxes on what we spend. I would vote for a party which offered higher taxes, provided revenue raising and spending was switched from London to local or regional councils, as in France or Germany. This would mean replacing both Council tax and income tax. And of course we should try to eliminate waste.
Geoff Kerr, Todmorden, UK
The Tories' tax plan has convinced me. It is easy to argue in favour of higher taxes to pay for better public services; the argument is morally infallible. The Tories have promised only what they can afford, and this is sensible, our economy needs long term planning to get to a low-tax status, not radical shake ups. My first ever vote will be Conservative.
John, St. Andrews, Fife
If Mr. Howard thinks he can win the next election based on tax cuts he is sadly deluded. As a once Tory voter but someone who shares the same views as the recently departed Robert Jackson I feel that the Tories are as far out of tune from today's voter than they have been in twenty years. Tax cuts will mean cuts in public services.
Ed H, UK
| Before people criticise these cuts, they should listen to Howard's speech or read his policy outlines |
Before people criticise these cuts, they should listen to Howard's speech or read his policy outlines. There are very real savings to be made by getting rid of bureaucracy, cutting back quangos and disposing of silly administrative non-jobs in the public sector.
Alex, UK
The middle and lower earners have been paying for the last 26 years for the tax cuts and tax avoidance schemes of the higher paid, along with reduced quality public services at higher outsourced cost. Who are Howard and Blair trying to con?
Adrian, London, England
Compare our rates of taxes to almost any other country. We do not pay an extortionate amount of income tax. On the contrary, our rates are lower than most. I'm happy with the amount of tax I pay, and want it to be spent on good public services and to help the disadvantaged - not to be spent on wars, weapons, and ID cards.
Anna, Cambridge, UK
I work for a public service, and for one that most people want to see more money spent on: the police. Our service does not need any more money. We waste a fortune on a whole range of Quixotic schemes. The reason public services don't improve is that they are badly run, not broke. Labour's ramping up of taxes to boost budgets has achieved practically nothing except weakening the economy. Tax less. Spend less. Spend wisely.
Neil, London
The sum of �35 billion - wishful thinking! Nice try Mr Howard but everyone knows that past attempts to save such money have been far from successful. They say they will not reduce funding on education or NHS, but what about other issues - the environment, public transport etc. The sad thing is this headline grabbing agenda is likely to convince many, while in-fact the people who really benefit will be the few higher income groups. Those "hard working families" are unlikely to see any real difference.
Toby, Cardiff, Wales
It has worked every time is has been implemented. Lower taxes generates more revenue to the government because is removes some of the burden of doing business. As business grows so does the total amount of taxes collected. This year's Nobel prize winner in economics has endorsed the idea. In the U.S. our tax revenues have grown by over 10% after taxes were lowered while spending has increased by just over 4%.
Michael, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
The choice is simple, you can have a low tax society or you can have a civilised society. Those who moan about income tax should go and live in America where people literally have to suffer agony if they do not have the right level of health insurance, where inner city schools have to have armed security guards and out-sourced ambulances will fight over a casualty in the street - who is trying to escape both because he can't afford any treatment anyway!
Charles Moore, Edinburgh, Scotland
| The short-termism of this policy causes problems and obscures serious long-term issues |
Tax cuts never do add up and people forget the huge costs of making all these people unemployed. These are both symptomatic of the aims of both parties, to win the next election. The short-termism of this policy causes problems and obscures serious long-term issues such as the frightening amount of inequality in out country today.
N Riley, Bristol, UK
Same old, same old. Sounds good, would be great if it happened, but since it's a politician offering it, it probably won't. I've voted in every single election - local, European and national - since I turned 18 but for the first time ever I'm considering either staying at home or spoiling my ballot paper. I'm just so disillusioned after years of enthusiastically campaigning only to find that politicians are out for themselves and never deliver on their promises. I give up.
Steve, Birmingham, England
Income tax is the only equitable tax, best reflecting one's ability to pay. The Tories have moaned continually about the scores of indirect stealth-tax rises brought in by New Labour, but you can be certain they would leave them in place if elected and reduce income tax instead. Thus a continuing of this government's regressive approach will give most back to the wealthiest, whilst leaving the relatively less well off to suffer disproportionately from the effects of high indirect taxes.
Joe, England
Michael Howard proposals are just what is needed after 7 years of Labour excess. A leaner, meaner government that empowers rather than represses people is the only route to a more thriving nation.
Alex, Leeds
| I would like more choice of what to do with my money by keeping more of it |
For all those who say you can't increase spending and lower taxes you can. Most companies have increased profits and dividends by working more efficiently. I think the Conservatives can easily save billions and plough it back into services and decrease taxes. I never realised how much I was actually being taxed until I left the UK a few years ago. When I lived in the UK I felt like many people that you need to pay some tax but that huge proportions of my tax money were being spent wastefully and without consequence or delivery. I would like more choice of what to do with my money by keeping more of it.
Marc, Singapore ex UK To me this seems like a last gasp attempt at using a tried and tested method to reel in voters. We are meant to learn from history and history does not shine a good light on Tax Cuts, or for that matter the Tories. Just a student's view.
Fred Richmond, West Sussex
I actually don't care! Being over 50, I can't get a real job anymore and have to take paltry short term assignments when they are offered. The Tories have always offered tax cuts and failed to deliver. Labour promises tax cuts and increase them. Services never improve (under any government) but their costs increase all the time. Who to vote for? I would like to return to the days when politicians were motivated by conscience rather that by the greed of power as they seem to be today. I object to paying for thousands of civil servants, just because their employment reduces the national unemployment statistics. Labour are very good at playing number games. OK, I care a lot! What I really hate to see is a country which seems to be heading for "services for all"; if you can afford them!
Alan, Edinburgh
| Some of us have longer memories than Mr Howard credits us with |
Those of us who can remember the days of Tory rule will also remember that Tory tax policies mean less spent on public services. As a teacher I well remember the acute lack of funds for state schools - an issue that New Labour has begun to address during their term. The Tories didn't care as a large proportion of their kids go to private schools. And a large proportion of them can afford private health insurance. Some of us have longer memories than Mr Howard credits us with.
Chris, Surrey, UK. To those of you who say you can't have more for less, why not? Supermarkets have been giving us this for years simply by cutting out layers of suppliers and directing their spending more effectively. Anyone that can deliver a tax cut will get my vote. I'm sick of my money being wasted on illegal wars and bureaucrats.
Ian, Bradford, Yorks
I think there is lots of wastage of revenue and it's a good start to look at alternatives. We have enough of high investment and low progress.
Paul Jones, Reading, UK
I am astonished that Michael Howard wants to offer �4bn in tax cuts to the British public whilst supporting the introduction of ID cards which will cost us, the taxpayer; more than �3bn. It makes no sense to me.
Linda Munday, Havant, Hampshire
I listened to Michael Howard and I thought he made absolute sense, but I fear that sense is not what people now vote for, especially when I read some of the comments on here.
Pat, Sussex
The party that promises and delivers stealth tax cuts will get my vote but I can't see any of them doing it though. Spending needs taxes and the stealth taxes are the way that politicians get the cash.
Dave Hall, Farnborough, Hants After years of hard work and above inflation annual payrises, I now take home less money each month then I did in 2000. I am by no means rich and what little disposable income I have is diminishing before my very eyes. I am fed up to the back teeth at being mugged by this Government at every turn and yet have seen nothing but a deterioration of public services. The Tories will certainly get my vote this year.
Kelli W, Colchester
Great News. Following the 66 tax rises, since Labour were elected in 1997, the Conservatives are now giving people a clear choice.
Andy Stephenson, Manchester
No one doubts there is considerable waste in the present system, but we must continue to invest to overcome decades of under-investment - in our hospitals, schools, railways, roads, power networks etc. Our public services may not be the most efficient on the planet, but we need a government that works within the system to improve it, preferably with the cooperation of the workforce. I don't remember that as a hallmark of previous Tory government - governance by confrontation is more their style!
Helen Edmonds, London
| The Tories are moral cowards who allow the "liberals" to set the terms of any debate |
Once again the Conservatives show us that they have no quarrel with Labour or the Liberal Democrats on any issue. Their differences are not of principle but of degree. They've given in on tax, state controlled services, crime and foreign policy. What is left? The Tories are moral cowards who allow the "liberals" to set the terms of any debate and oppose them out of a feeling of necessity. But, watch how every Tory speech is infested with altruism. They've abandoned morality and are left with pragmatism, delivering every argument to their opposition.
Nic Garvey, London, UKMy family and I have been living on benefits for 7 years because I am better off not working under the current system. Tax cuts will give me incentive to work if more money ends up in my pocket at the end of the month. You would be surprised how many more people there are in my position.
AJ, Nottingham
You can lower taxes and spend more on public services. The Tory plan for cutting down on labour's waste will swing many middle class voters back to their Tory roots. Very welcome indeed.
Richard, Upminster
This is the sort of pragmatic and sensible proposal which the Tories have long been crying out for. Money is not being spent effectively and a bit too much money is being taken. They've got my vote from Blair already. Howard might just make the Conservatives respectable again.
Edward, Philadelphia, USA
I thought that Labour had already begun taking steps to reduce waste. If that's the case then the Tories are going to struggle to pay for their tax cuts. The Tories and Labour are becoming more and more similar, Charles Kennedy is right, the Lib Dems are the only genuine opposition.
Dr Robert Moody, Leeds
| The red tape and bureaucracy of old Labour is suffocating our services |
I can't believe there are people posting messages on here requesting increases in taxation. That will not help our public services. It is the irresponsible way that they are being governed that is the problem. The red tape and bureaucracy of old Labour is suffocating our services. The Tories are right in what they have said about re-allocation of funds. Labour have spent billions on the NHS for example, with little real benefit to the 'customer'.
Andy Bird, Cheshire, UK I shall Conservative this time round. I pay far too much Income Tax and Council Tax as a retired pensioner on a fixed income.
L. Lowery, Bedlington, Northumberland
Tax cuts? What an original Tory policy! Has Howard just dusted down 'the ABC of Thatcherism' ready to try to convince us that they weren't that bad?
Paul, Brighton, UK
It is funny to see how people remember the 18 years of Tory "mismanagement", yet totally forget the fact that Labour had to get the IMF to bail us out in the late 70s with their economic mismanagement. I suppose the choice is this: have the extortionate amount of tax we pay spent better on services we actually require, or carry on with the astonishing waste within the ailing and bloated welfare state.
Will, London, England
What the Tories need to do is offer a fundamental rethink as to the role of the state and taxation in people's lives. Nibbling around the margins with a tweak here and a bit of efficiency there isn't going to overcome the political inertia afflicting the electorate.
Wendy Stott, Northampton, UK The first party that says they will increase taxation, and spend it on services rather than military adventures gets my vote
Roger Steer, Bristol UK
The Tories really are the Accountants' Party - all they can ever see is the bottom line. No flair, no "thinking outside the box" here. People who will tell us what they won't do - but have no new ideas, nothing to excite the feeling that they might be worth electing. To really produce savings and improvements takes leadership and people management skills - where is the investment here? Where is the admission that the British are, by and large, poor at management and entrepreneurship? The Tories speak the politics of hanging onto what we've got, rather than going after what we might achieve - lacking ambition, familiar, frightened.
Nigel C, Redhill, UK
Does the wasteful public spending include MPs' privileges and MPs' pension scheme? Also can you put social and emotional costs on the loss of over 200,000 jobs? The figures just do not add up!
David Cook, Blackwood, Wales
These are good policies if the numbers can add up, but I think the saving should first be used to pay off the enormous debt being run up by Gordon Brown. Corporate tax avoidance schemes should be targeted as well - �26bn is lost a year this way - and big business should be paying its fair share of tax. I'd like to see those savings ploughed back into local government as well to bring council funding back to 1997 levels so that council tax is no longer being used as a vicious stealth tax by Labour.
John Ellis, Nottingham, UK
| I am glad topic of tax cuts has finally been put forward by one of the major parties |
I wish all those who say they are happy with the amount of tax they pay offer to pay for some of mine. I am sick of paying high taxes and getting very little in return. I do not believe higher spending necessarily means better services - it must be spent properly. I am glad topic of tax cuts has finally been put forward by one of the major parties.
Dan, Essex, UKSince leaving school 27 years ago, my motto has become 'The more I earn, the more I pay' for the same shoddy government services. I wish Blair, Howard and Kennedy would just wake up to the fact that it's value I want, not false promises.
Simon Taylor, St. Albans
I work hard for a less-than-excessive public sector wage. Howard's comments I find demeaning, insulting and damaging to morale - as well as being preposterous in economic terms.
Martin Bucknall, Glasgow, Scotland
Oh please! It's the same old same old. If a party proposed to raise income tax (say) by 1p, but had sensible, well thought out polices that would work - I would happily vote for them! When will they understand that we are sick of the "we will cut taxes" bleats - they never happen!
Anna, Birmingham, UK
With the Labour party following its traditional rule of spending more than it earns, finding the money to deliver tax cuts should not be so hard. I personally don't think tax cuts is a vote winner, the Tories should focus on delivering noticeable improvements so people can see and appreciate what their tax pound is paying for.
Andrew, UK
I'm writing this as a Tory voter; is Michael Howard working in support of Tony Blair? Howard's old ideas of tax cuts and reduction to public services are old hat. Get a grip Michael and think of policies that haven't been tried before...and found guilty!
Mal Pearson, Hornsea East Yorkshire
Of course the Tories could save a fortune. By axing most of the costly quangos - there are scores and scores of them set up under Labour at vast expense; by getting rid of the million plus people on invalidity benefit and getting those who can work back to work and end their scrounging. But I will not be voting Tory because I am fed up of the richest people in this country paying 40%, one of the lowest taxes on the rich in Europe and having a council tax which favours the rich and not the poor.
Tony Mayes, Worthing, West Sussex
It's great to have one of the three main parties offering voters the choice of lower taxes v. Labour's (and to a similar extent) the Liberal's tax and spend philosophy. Labour have been quite clever in raising taxes by stealth, and voters have to decide whether (i) they've spent that money wisely, (ii) whether they're going to continue, or have to, raise taxes should they win the next election. I for one don't believe Government is very good at spending our money and welcome the opportunity to vote for lower taxes and smaller government.
John, Northwich, UK
As a Tory voter I regret to say that the party has lost the plot. New Labour has stolen all the Tory ideas leaving them floundering around for something. If they would guarantee to take us out of the EU & into EFTA then that's a vote winner as far as I'm concerned.
John, Northampton UK
Anyone who thinks there are no savings to be made in the Civil Service needs to look at the Guardian on a Thursday. That 1" thick supplement is your taxes being wasted.
H, Bedford, UK
Labour has pulled the wool over the nation's eyes and so it is generally thought that we are in good economic shape. We have a far too large a budget and not enough taxes to cover it, even after the massive tax hikes we have all suffered left, right and centre. We need a new regime that will bring some reality to what we can afford as a nation. Look at the price that Germany is currently paying for such extravagance and arrogance.
Toby, UK
Does it really matter what the Tories say they will do when they get back into power? As long as Thatcher lives in the memory of the electorate they will remain dead in the water.
Ferg, Sheffield, UK
Thank goodness the Tories are proposing tax cuts. The 8 years of Labour have led to huge tax rises that has virtually removed any incentive to work hard and get on. I have worked in both the public and private sector and cannot believe the waste in the public sector. For the sake of the country I hope the Tories get elected otherwise I fear a "brain drain".
Carl, Cambridge
| When are the British voters going to wake up to the fact that there is no such thing as a free lunch |
When are the British voters going to wake up to the fact that there is no such thing as a free lunch? Tax cuts are not the answer and any political party that suggests it can offer tax cuts is not telling the truth. What is more important is how efficiently the high levels of tax currently raised is spent?
Ron C, Stoke, UK The Tories are just not listening to the people of Britain. Tax cuts are not the primary issue. We want somebody who will put Britain first. UKIP took large amounts of votes, largely Tory, on this very policy, they are now losing their way through in-fighting but Michael Howard has not seized the initiative from them. We could save huge amounts year on year by getting out of Europe. Michael if you want my vote back make the interest of Britain your primary policy - �2 a month tax cuts won't do it!
Anon, UK
The Tories have seriously damaged their credibility by promising too much. To lower the budget by this amount will mean serious cuts in services, not just 'wastage' savings.
David Patrick, Reading, UK
This sounds a familiar Tory policy. Yes there is a lot of waste in the public sector (particularly in management), but it takes more than just cutting budgets to sort it out. It'll take a major feat of leadership, something that no politician is capable of it appears.
Jonathan Kelk, Dalry, Scotland
How can huge savings be made if many of the staff are to be moved to private companies and kept on? The government will still have to pay for these people. How many Tories are on the boards of the companies that will get the outsourcing contracts I wonder?
Richard Harris, Bracknell, UK
| Much as I would like to see tax cuts I would be equally happy with just getting value for money for the taxes I pay now |
Much as I would like to see tax cuts I would be equally happy with just getting value for money for the taxes I pay now. I'd like to see clean streets, clean hospitals, genuinely reduced waiting lists and more police on the beat. I don't doubt for a moment that sacking administrators and hiring nurses would create either savings or more nurses (or maybe both) and for the savings to trickle through in the form of tax cuts would be ideal. I think inheritance tax should be massively reduced (the money has already been taxed at least twice) and council tax reduced. When these are under control we can look at levels of income and capital gains taxes.
John B, UK Tax cuts don't exist. If they cut one tax then they will need to get the money from some where else. The Tories are just trying to breath life into an already dying election campaign!
Gavin Jones, Cardiff, Wales
Tax cuts? The majority of the public want an increase in spending on the NHS, local services etc. They just don't want to pay for it, surprisingly they wouldn't have to if Government reduced it own waste. From the billions of pounds spent on Tony's Quixotic adventure getting rid of WMD to the constant restructuring of the public service systems. Tory and Labour alike want to claim their "new" way is better, rather than make existing systems work. We pay the price for their irresponsibility.
Jon, England
I'm only interested if he can show a real determination to drastically reduce council tax levels.
Neil Small, Scotland
The Tories have been saying over and over again that Labour will have to raise taxes after the next election. Now they're saying that they can find �35bn, increase spending and cut taxes. Opposition parties of all colours always say they can save money, but no-one's really managed to do it. They know they're not going to win, so they can make these promises whilst never having to deliver on them.
Steffan John, Cardiff, Wales I am pleased the Conservatives are finally offering tax cuts and will now vote for them. The defection of Mr Jackson is not really surprising when he was pro-European, and actually thinks Labour are beneficial to the nation's universities!
Jon Harrison, Kidderminster, England
Same old fantasy politics from the Tories. They want to have their cake and eat, by cutting taxes AND spending. Their sums just don't add up.
Kieran, London
In my mind the Conservatives are getting desperate, they just don't seem like a party that should be in charge of our country but then again neither does Labour!
Paul, Reading
There is no such thing as tax cuts. The state has to get revenue in one way or another. Over the last 25 years the reduction in direct taxation has been more than compensated by increased indirect taxes. Indirect taxes hits the less well off, the family more than the single, the young more than the retired.
Anon, Orpington, UK
After all the tax rises we've had under Labour it's about time the Tories came up with something concrete, it's very welcome. Everyone knows there is massive waste - the public sector is ridiculously bloated with thousands of non-jobs at vast expense. Good for Michael Howard! I'd like to see stamp duty cut, tax thresholds raised and complexity reduced all round.
Jon Cooper, UK
| Tax cuts will certainly go some way towards swinging my vote |
Tax cuts will certainly go some way towards swinging my vote. Hard-working British people are robbed at every turn through various taxes and stealth taxes, and it's time we were masters of our own earnings again. Gordon Brown's "generosity" towards Africa especially grates: it's not "his" money to be generous with.
A.J., UK
It's quite simple: you can't reduce taxes and spend more money on public services; and you can't save the same money twice. These plans are ludicrous.
John B, Gloucester, UK
I'm just not interested in yet more promises of tax cuts. Firstly, they never seem to materialise, and secondly, I'm quite happy with the amount of tax I pay at the moment - I'd rather see sensible plans for how to better use it, rather than how to reduce the amount I pay. However, on the plus side, I can now remove the Tories from my list of possible choices.
James, Bristol, UK
With a cut of �35bn there must be a hidden agenda for an income tax rise. You can't just cut �35bn from a budget and not get an adverse reaction.
Mark D, Cardiff
Good, about time someone realised that the tax burden has grown massively under Labour. The Liberals will keep this and introduce higher income tax. More power to Michael Howard's elbow its about time the scandal of public pending was highlighted.
Nick, Oxford UK
Are the Tory party that desperate to get back into power that they have to resort to bribing the voting public. Do they not realise that people want better public services and are prepared to pay for them. This just shows how of touch with the people the Tories have really become.
B Singh, London, UK
Tax cuts are possible! Spend just one day working within your local council offices, and you will soon see how easy it is to save money. These commerce rejects have been wasting our hard earned money for too long.
Bob Hotson, Minchester, Lancs
Do the Tories not realise that people can remember the 18 years we went through with them in charge? Tory cuts always result in a cutting of public services. They don't care about cutting waste - they care about reducing the tax bill for their core voters.
Mark Malik, Teesside, UK
This will no doubt be just like every other "tax cut" we will play less for some things and more for something else. I would love to believe that they are going to make a difference but I just can't bring myself to believe politicians anymore.
Graham Smith, Southampton, UK
"Tories promise tax cuts" - is this really news? What's new about it? And where will they find the money? "Cutting waste" - another bit of non-news. Surely the headline should be "Tories same as usual shocker"?
Rick, London
Given that we've spent the last few years trying to sort out the infrastructure mess left by the Tories after the 18 years or so they were in power, I don't really think we should be going back to public spending cuts - does any commuter here really think the Tube or commuter railways would be improved by a spending cut? The usual rubbish from Howard and co.
Ian, Chesham, UK
Oh, the old "lets spend less and get more for our money" story again. This probably worked in the late 70's when Old Labour had been in power. However, the public just doesn't perceive this to be the main issue this time round. They are wasting their time, and Robert Jackson probably knows it.
Donald, Cambridge, UK
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