Labour put their Eds together yesterday to tell assembled disbelievers press how they hope to pressure the chancellor into shelving the VAT rise on fuel by pushing a vote on the issue on Wednesday. They believe that it will force tory and Lib Dem backbenchers into a corner over who is on the side of beleaguered motorists and hauliers.
The pair want the ConDem government to halt the planned VAT rise for fuel claiming it would add a further 3p per litre. They went on to set out how they would fund the missing tax revenue by a further bank levy and begin stimulating UK economic activity with ideas on how to create 115,000 jobs.
The Conservative response was to release a dossier of Labour's spending commitments which included £12bn worth of un-costed proposals. Ball’s reaction was that the allegations were "total utter garbage and claptrap" – prompting one broadsheet journalist with tenuous links to the previous regime to express a hope that the shadow chancellor’s policies were more original than his invective. Bitchy.
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