Mary Glindon
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(10 years, 11 months ago)
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Mrs Mary Glindon (North Tyneside) (Lab)
Can the Prime Minister explain to the House why he wanted to delete his pledge of no cuts to public services from the Conservative party website?
The Prime Minister
What we promised is that we would not cut the NHS, and we have not cut the NHS. We made it absolutely clear before the last election we would have to take difficult decisions, but it is because of those difficult decisions that the deficit is coming down, employment is growing, there are 1 million more people in work and our economy is doing better. If we followed the advice of the party opposite, we would have more spending, more borrowing, more debt—all of the things that got this country into the mess in the first place.