Next Wednesday, the Conservatives, in the person of Chancellor George Osbourn, will deliver the results of his Comprehensive Spending Review now without the benefit of Lib Dem leavening. Liberal Democrat leader Tim Farron has delivered his first economic speech as Leader and sets out the Liberal Democrat priorities ahead of the Comprehensive Spending Review.
“As ever, as all of you know, it will be the performance of the economy over the next five years that will determine, ultimately, how this Government is judged.
“And it will be the credibility of the Liberal Democrats’ alternative vision for the economy that will determine our ability to challenge them.
Our message
“So today I intend to set out the three principles that will govern Liberal Democrat economic policy for the next five years. They are:
“It’s a clear prospectus – just ten words – but it sums up very simply where we need to take this country and how my vision for the future differs from those of George Osborne and Jeremy Corbyn.
“And it is the basis of the bold claim that I will make today: that only the Liberal Democrats will invest in an economy fit for the future, that encourages opportunity. An enabling state that empowers people to succeed.”
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