The shadow chancellor claimed that although George Osborne had pledged to “fix the roof while the sun was shining”—a reference to his intentions to slash public spending and the deficit—he had really done the exact opposite. This was in the run-up to next week’s budget.
“In terms of debt interest payments, growth, living standards, and taxation, this is the worst bequest any incoming administration will have received since World War II.
In 2010, George Osborne declared that the roof would be fixed. They are destroying the entrance, smashing the windows, and setting the entire house on fire.
“That is the reality for whoever is prime minister and chancellor after the next election – that’s the inheritance that whoever forms the next government is going to have to deal with,” she stated.
The remarks coincide with rumors that Jeremy Hunt intends to use the occasion next week to reduce taxes by depleting the “headroom” he still has against his budgetary constraints. Labour, however, stated that with the tax in it.
