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Re: 2015 UK General Election Thread
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Originally Posted by Gary L
Labour will abolish the bedroom tax.
they're on to a sure winner with that one already.
Cut tuition fees from £9,000 to £6,000 a year.
a sure winner on that one too.
They will ban zero hour contracts.
Remember. it's a vote to Win.
vote Labour!
make the sun shine on Britain again!
Dave made it dull and gloomy.
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CityAM
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Labour manifesto: Ed Miliband offers no more clarity and electorate won't know what they're voting for, says IFS
Ed Miliband's claim to economic credibility suffered blow this morning after the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) said Labour's manifesto launch left the public none the wiser about how they will balance the current budget.
At a speech in Manchester, Miliband set out Labour's offer to the electorate and attempted to regain a reputation for fiscal responsibility with a guarantee that no Labour policies would require additional borrowing.
But Labour's commitment to only eliminating the deficit for current spending and not the overall budget by the end of the Parliament mean there is no specific date for when they'll bring the budget back into balance.
The IFS say the plans would leave Labour between making £18bn worth of cuts or none at all. The electorate may question Labour's Damascene conversion to fiscal prudence if they leave the door open to making no cuts in public spending. Director of the IFS, Paul Johnson, said: "Literally we would not know what we were voting for if we were going to vote for Labour."
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Guardian
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Conservatives take six-point lead in Guardian/ICM poll
Poll takes Tories to 39% ahead of Labour on 33%, as Lib Dem support stays at 8% and Ukip drops back two points to tie with Greens on 7%
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Don't count your chickens yet, Gary...... 
btw, Labour will not ban zero-hour contracts - they have said they will ban "exploitative" zero-hours contracts.
Labour Party
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Labour is committed to ensuring that everyone is properly protected in the workplace.
1) We will abolish exploitative zero-hours contracts, with rules introduced to give new rights to employees on zero-hours contracts. This will include the right for employees who have consistently worked regular hours to receive a fixed-hours contract automatically.
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