The brutal reality is the next Spring Budget will either be delivered by the Conservatives or by Labour.
While we put our vision into action, Keir Starmer and Angela Rayner already think they've won the next election.
One minute they say their green policies will cost £28 billion, the next minute they’ve dropped the funding and now can’t say how they’ll pay for them.
One minute they say they’ll abolish tuition fees, the next minute they say they’ll keep tuition fees.
One minute they say they won’t raise taxes, the next minute they’re not so sure.
The fact is, Labour don't have a plan. And them not having a plan risks undoing all the progress we've made.
The only thing less likely than spaghetti trees or flying penguins is Labour telling us their plan for the country.
Just in the next week, critical measures from the Chancellor's budget are going into effect.
- National Living Wage - up 9.8% to £11.44 an hour. Benefiting a full-time worker on the minimum wage by £1,800 a year.
- National Insurance Tax- cut from 10% to 8%. Combined with the January cut, this will save a worker on the average salary around £900 a year.
- State Pension - up 8.5%. Meaning since 2010 the average pensioner has seen their income go up by £3,700 a year. Our triple lock on pensions ensures that our elderly can retire with dignity.
- High Income Child Benefit Charge threshold raised - from £50,000 to £60,000. Meaning 170,000 more families will receive full child benefits.
- 15 hours of free childcare a week becomes available to parents of 2-year olds. Once fully rolled out, our 30-hour commitment to working parents will save them up to £6,900 a year.
Labour's lack of a plan for the country would put all of this at risk.
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