Campbell attacks Brown’s record and sets out his own economic priorities for the Lib Dems
At a Leadership hustings event this afternoon, Ming Campbell will launch an attack on Gordon Brown’s economic record and outline what the Liberal Democrat economic priorities would be under his leadership.
He will predict that one of Gordon Brown’s specific pledges – that public debt would stay under 40% of GDP over the economic cycle – is likely to be broken over the life of this parliament, and cast a critical eye over productivity growth, and investment in R&D over recent years.
Ming Campbell will identify his own economic priorities and plans covering:
- Major tax reforms:
- Reducing the tax burden for those on lowest incomes
- Using the tax system to discourage activity that is bad and reward behaviour that is good for the environment
- Simplifying the tax system for the business sector and making it less subject to change
- Tough choices in government spending
- A skills and education revolution
