Prime Minister’s Questions again and David Cameron continued his attack on Labour’s public spending plans:
Mr. David Cameron (Witney) (Con): Last week, it was demonstrated for everyone to see that capital spending under Labour will be cut. Now I want to turn to total spending. Does the Prime Minister accept that his own figures show that once the Treasury’s forecast for inflation is taken into account, total spending will be cut after 2011?
The Prime Minister: No, total spending will continue to rise, and it will be a zero per cent. rise in 2013–14.
Thank heaven for that. I’d be terribly concerned if I thought he was proposing a standstill budget.
