Tories and Labour clash over Corbyn’s £1.2 trn spending plan

Tories and Labour clash over Corbyn’s £1.2 trn spending plan

Sajid Javid: ‘Now is the time for responsible investment’

A row erupted this weekend over Labour’s spending commitments which Shadow Chancellor Sajid Javid said would leave the UK “on the brink of bankruptcy”.

Tory party research claims Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn’s spending plans would cost £1.2 trillion over five years.Mr Javid said that Labour’s spending plans would cost the country an extra £650 million a day, or almost £5 billion a week, and push total Government spending up by 30%.The £1.2 trillion figure is more than the combined GDP of Denmark, Ireland and Austria. Every time Labour get into power […]

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