Does Labour now support budget cuts? (Canterbury & Whitstable Liberal Democrats)

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Does Labour now support budget cuts?

January 19, 2012 2:00 PM

Apparently Labour don't have a 'Plan B' for the economy after all!

As I drove on Saturday morning, I was preparing to turn the radio off and then Ed Balls popped up. I listened with amazement. In his interview he admitted not only that the programme of cuts being carried out by the Coalition government were right, but that Labour would not over turn them if they were in Government. Unfortunately however he didn't go as far as to admit that the cause behind all the cuts - the dire economic situation - was in fact largely his fault.

You'll have heard Simon Hughes and me over the weekend rightly calling on Labour to apologise. We want them to apologise to the British public for deceiving them for 18 months before finally admitting that what the Liberal Democrats have been doing in Government is broadly the right approach.

That leaves the Liberal Democrats as the only political party with the backbone to tackle the country's problems, but with the heart to do everything to ensure that fairness, compassion and justice are written through everything we do.

As this article from The Times recognises, the Liberal Democrats are a progressive force in Government. We are the Party delivering tax cuts for working people, we are the party investing in the poorest school pupils, we are the party delivering the largest ever state pension rise and importantly, we are the party prepared to take the tough decisions needed to get this country back on track.

Anyhow, don't hold your breath waiting for an apology from Labour - but rest assured you are most definitely owed one!

Tim Farron
President of the Liberal Democrats.