DAVID CAMERON PROMISES FIVE-YEAR FREEZE ON TAXES

He really is getting desperate.

- Philmus It is all very well making these airy-fairy promises, but who will ultimately suffer for this?

- Scotty121 This is desperation from a party on the way out. Manufacturing output: down. Construction: down.

- Scunnered1 You can be very selective on just what taxes you freeze. Five years is a long time and it’s a political lie that no-one should swallow.

- Krusher Have the Tories stated where the next £12 billion in welfare cuts will come from, given the fact that most of the welfare budget goes to pensioners who have been offered protection?

- Sumlogic1 Never before has the tax threshold been so high.

- Glesga Tory With the Tories freezing income tax in Westminster and the SNP freezing council tax it could be a good few years for the workers.

- Paradise Island A tax freeze means more austerity for the poor and disabled. The latest rich list shows those who “have” are better off while the worst-off pay the price.

- Itslikethis The SNP have been operating a “tax freeze” since they came into power eight years ago. They’ve frozen council taxes and never used the tax-varying powers they have.

- Alreadytakentwice Another day, another vow. That one will disappear down the plug hole just like the one that was made last September. And bear in mind this is not in the Tory manifesto. It’s just a lastminute idea.

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