FAMILIES in Thurrock will be worse off because of Chancellor George Osborne’s Budget while the banks get a tax cut this year, Labour’s Carl Morris said today.
The Thurrock parliamentary spokesperson said: “George Osborne’s reckless policies to cut too deep and too fast are hurting families here in Thurrock.
“In this Budget the Tories have confirmed the banks will get a tax cut this year while 22, 185 families in Thurrock will see their child benefit frozen and will pay an average extra £450 in VAT this year. And families earning as little as £26,000 are set to lose their tax credits next year too.”
“But while their plan is definitely hurting all the signs are that it’s not working either. The VAT rise and cuts which go too deep and too fast are driving up unemployment again and the independent budget watchdog says inflation will be higher and the economy will grow more slowly this year and next.
“That’s why borrowing will actually be higher after this Budget than before. So these reckless plans will make it much harder to get the deficit down. It doesn’t make sense.”
Carl Morris added:
“On petrol prices the government should have gone further in this Budget. Across the East of England the average cost of a litre of unleaded is now 133.1p – up from 122.5p in December before the Tory VAT rise. George Osborne should have listened to Labour and reversed the VAT rise on petrol, which is adding £1.35 to the cost of filling up a 50 litre tank.
“And he should have listened to Labour and repeated the bank bonus tax this year, to help young people into work, build thousands of affordable homes and boost business investment. That’s the fair things to do and would help to get our economy moving again and get people into work to help get the deficit down.
“It’s now clear that George Osborne’s plan is hurting, but it’s not working. For the sake of our economy, our young people and the future of Thurrock the Conservative-led government needs to think again and get a plan B that puts jobs and growth first – before it’s too late.”
Ed Balls MP, Labour’s shadow chancellor, said:
“These cuts are too deep and too fast. Labour would be halving the deficit steadily over four years – not trying to cut it further and faster than any other major economy in the world.
“There have got to be some tough choices to get the deficit down too. But you can’t get the deficit down if the economy isn’t growing strongly and you’re throwing hundreds of thousands of people out of work.
“What we really need is a plan for jobs and growth to help people in Thurrock and help get the deficit down.”
And this from a would be representative of the former Government that darn near
bankrupted the country? Go away.
Can somene tell me what the role of “The Thurrock parliamentary spokesperson ” actually means? what do they bring to the table, is this just a made up position that has no sway what so ever??
Mr Morriss, you had your time and your chance but the public obviously did not want you, hence the result of the ballot, your own party threw away their chance with the country and sold off the family silverware, no doubt that they will try and blame everyone but themselves for the mistakes that they have made but the voting public are not as stupid as Labour obviously think they are and I am sure this will be seen at the ballot boxes in the future
The Thurrock Parliamentary role I suggest was created to give the people of the Borough the wisdom and wise words of “The Ego” who was quite rightly rejected by the electorate,only he still doesn’t seem to get it does he.
He is like the rest of his mates in Westminster they are in denial of the deficit