Harlow Services unaffected by IMF Loan

Britain is committed to the IMF - helping to stabilise the World economy. My key concern is that this must NOT affect Harlow families' taxes, or our local public services.

Please see my Question below:
Robert Halfon (Harlow): Can my hon. Friend assure my Constituents that there will be no impact on the increased spending on our schools and hospitals that the coalition Government are providing, and no impact on cutting taxes for more than 40,000 Harlow residents through raising the income tax threshold?

Chancellor of the Exchequer (George Osborne): I can absolutely assure the people of Harlow that we will deliver a big increase in their personal tax-free allowance, continue with real increases in the health service, support their schools and, above all, get their economy moving after the disastrous mess that the previous Labour Government put us in.

You can watch the video above.

by Robert Halfon - Working Hard for Harlow.

Before you need a Plan B it is worth having a credible Plan A

With all the talk of cuts, it is worth remembering that the coalition have pushed through £16 billion of spending reductions compared to Labour's plans for £14 billion. Moreover Government spending has not actually been cut - what has been reduced is the actual rate of increase in spending.

So the Labour Party are exaggerating about the cuts - all for party political advantage.

The latest gimmick has been over he weekend, when the Shadow Chancellor demanded a 'Plan B' and implied the economic recovery plan was not working. He could not answer what Labour plans were, or what the level of debt should be, even though his party is calling for a slow down in the Government's deficit reduction programme.  If this were not bad enough, today the IMF said that the Government's economic programme was working and did not need changing - despite Mr Balls indicating that the IMF thought otherwise.

Labour's weakness in economic policy has now been exposed. Electoral history shows that when you lose economic credibility, you lose the credibility of the electorate.