You know when a General Election is just around the corner, as all the major parties start making the promises that they hope with secure them your vote.
While Prime Minster David Cameron is promising tax cuts for all, what he really means to do is line the pockets of the rich and put a further burden on the working poor.
It may have been a rousing speech from Cameron, who made it look like everyone was getting a great deal, but actually, it is the already wealthy who will benefit most from his plans.
He will raise the income tax allowance from £10,500 to £12,500, and while that does sound promising, you have to take into consideration the attack on in-work benefits that George Osborne is proposing.
Many families on low pay will have to endure a further £5 billion cuts to child benefits, tax credits and other in-work benefits available.
In short, the Tories plan to give with one hand and take even more with the other; as a result, this will do little to inject more money into already struggling households.
But by raising the threshold at which the 40p tax rate takes effect, from £41,900 to £50,000, this means that this country's already well off will get almost an extra £2000 per year.
It won't surprise too many readers that it was this statement that got the biggest cheer from the party faithful in Birmingham - rich Tories who know that they are going to be even better off if the Conservatives have another term in power.
David Cameron is trying to look like the champion for the common man, in fact there is very little here for hardworking families to be excited about.
Moreover, these 'tax cuts' are set to cost £7.2 billion, and Cameron gave us no idea whatsoever as to how these promises are going to be paid for.
We already know that another round of £25 billion cuts are on the way if the Tories win, but it looks like they may cut a little deeper that we were anticipated.
Shadow Chancellor Ed Balls took to his blog to hit out at what Cameron was pledging, he wrote: "If they win the election, the Tories will hit 3 million working people on modest incomes by cutting their tax credits, while carrying on with a £3 billion a year tax cut for those earning over £150,000.
"Working people who have already seen their wages fall by an average of £1600 a year under the Tories will be left even more badly off.
"Nurses, call-centre workers, shop staff, shift workers, and teaching assistants will pay the price of George Osborne’s choice. It’s a Strivers’ Tax which will cost a one earner family with two children on £25,000 a year almost £500."
All that the Tories have shown with these latest 'promises' is that they are a party who are only interested in protecting the privileged and seem unconcerned that they will bring more misery to the working poor.
The Tories have always been a party that have put those with money over those without, and, no matter what they say and promise; they will never be a party for the working class.
It may look like we have turned a corner when it comes to the economy, but there really is a long way to go before all section of our society start to feel the pressure easing. With cost of living high and many families having to rely on working benefits and food banks that change isn’t going to come any time soon.
I don’t know about you, but I would like to see our next elected government make changes that impact and improve lives of the masses rather than the few… and if these ‘promises’ are anything to go by, it doesn’t look like the Conservatives are up to the task
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