CHRIS GREEN MP: How do parties' budget policy differ?

Having already secured the Triple Lock for pensioners, the Chancellor again cut employee National Insurance contributions.  This tax on jobs is a burden to families so the chancellor is demonstrating that he is doing all that he can for as many people as possible even in tough times.

His measures were so popular that the Shadow Chancellor could barely find anything to criticise. 

Her deputy was asked on Newsnight when “you’re backing all of today’s budget” and when “you’ve got identical fiscal rules, how does Labour’s economic policy differ from the Conservative’s”?

Of course, Labour are very different to the Conservatives. 

We are in Government and are making the difficult decisions that can be seen and judged.  They are terrified of announcing any policy on anything or the costs that will go with it.

They call for an election every day and yet cannot say how they will improve the NHS; whether a single nurse or doctor will get a pay rise, or whether there is going to be any capital investment into hospitals.

Under this Conservative government, the Horwich health hub is being built - the delivery of the multi-million pound operating theatre complex at the Royal Bolton Hospital which is part of the £19.6m Elective Care Centre, has been completed.

 We have the new £40m Bolton Institute of Medical Sciences which will train the next generation of medical professionals.

There is a vacuum where Labour’s vision for our economy and public services should be.  They have just ditched their one idea which was for a £28 billion green industrial revolution. 

The only certainties are that Labour will ramp up the taxes, they are taking you for granted and will not be honest and tell you what they will do.

No wonder George Galloway MP swept Labour aside at the Rochdale by election.  Labour are triumphant in the opinion polls yet they could not hold on to one of their safest seats.

I suppose that high tax Labour just cannot help themselves.