Letter from Alastair Darling

John

You know an opposition party aren't serious when they start plucking “efficiency savings” out of thin air.

It’s something that the Tories have tried at the last three elections. And now they’re trying it again.

They’re trying to win an election through a deception and that’s why I need your help.

Help expose the threat to the recovery posed by the Tories by writing to your local newspaper now

In tough times it’s even more important that Government gets its sums right. The Tories’ economic strategy, based on back-of-an-envelope sums, fails this test on every count.

They’re misleading people about what the Government is doing, double counting fi! gures and ex pecting us to believe that they can double savings over the next nine months from a standing start. And they’re promising National Insurance changes they can’t afford.

It’s just not credible and we need to make sure everyone knows it – write to your local newspaper now

So when you see a Tory on TV saying that Labour aren’t, like families and businesses across the country, making efficiency savings this year – tell someone that it’s not true. We’re saving £15bn this year.

And when you read in the papers of a Tory claiming that they can afford to make their changes to National Insurance – tell someone it’s not true. It’s based on a back-of-an-envelope doubling of our savings in only nine months – the equivalent of half the education budget.

And when you hear a Tory on th e radio, claiming that this all adds up – tell someone it’s not true. At the last election, even the Tories themselves said it would take three years to make this amount of savings.

This really is the ‘Word of Mouth’ election – the millions of conversations going on across the country really are what will make the difference. Tell someone about the Tories’ deception now.

This election could hinge on letting people know the truth behind the Tories' claims.

Please get involved and let people know the truth

Thanks

Alistair