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IFS: vague tax and spend pledges 'leave voters in the dark'

Leading public finance experts condemn the main political parties’ manifesto pledges for refusing to spell out the detail of where spending would be cut.

Leading public finance experts have condemned the main political parties' manifesto spending pledges for refusing to spell out the detail of where funding would be cut.

Analysis into manifesto commitments published today by the renowned Institute for Fiscal Studies suggests neither the Conservative, Labour, Liberal Democrats nor the SNP have given sufficient detail of tax and spending plans for each year of the next parliament.

Jonathan Werran

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