Cameron To Fight Poverty
The Tory leader, David Cameron, is determined to wipe out poverty, according to recent statements he made concerning the current government. Mr. Cameron has made recent pledges to cut taxes in an attempt to fight poverty.
Mr Cameron said to a North London audience: "I do not doubt for one moment Mr Brown's sincere desire to remove the scourge of poverty from our land, but he must see, as we can all now see, that his methods have failed and it is time for change.
"It is time for change when the number of people out of work and on benefits has risen to almost five million, the number of people going bankrupt has reached record levels and when the number of alcohol-related deaths has increased by 40 percent.
"Gordon Brown and Labour do not have a vision to Make British Poverty History. The Conservatives do."
This is good news for UK mortgage and loan holders who have been hit by the bank's lending criteria, high interest rates, a battle between credit card companies and the FSA, as well as higher house prices.
Mr Cameron said: "Fighting poverty is no less about aspiration than cutting inheritance tax and stamp duty."
"Do not tell me that a society which can decode the human genome, build the world's greatest financial centre and provide the young men and women that form the finest armed forces on earth cannot fight and win the battle against poverty.
"We can make British poverty history and we will make British poverty history but only if we are honest about the causes of poverty and address ourselves to the long-term task of removing those causes as well as the symptoms."
This follows a survey by Stroud & Swindon that claims that stamp duty is the fourth most hated tax in the UK, with one in ten demanding it be abolished.
Published on January 22, 2008
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