<prompt> Fingqa isihloko: UGeorge Osborne namuhla wenqabile ukuhambisana nesithembiso seLabour sokungakhulisi i-VAT njengoba kwaqubuka impikiswano yokuthi izimali zizolinganiswa kanjani ngemva kokhetho. UKhansela wenqaba ukunikeza isiqinisekiso sensimbi sokuhambisana nesithembiso seLabour sokungakhulisi i-VAT phakathi neminyaka emihlanu yePhalamende elilandelayo. Kwavela ngemva kokuba ushansela wesithunzi weqembu le-Labour u-Ed Balls athi amaConservatives ayenomlando wokwenyusa i-VAT ngemva kokhetho naphezu kokuthi athi awazange abe nezinhlelo zokwenza kanjalo ngesikhathi somkhankaso. Skrolela phansi ukuze ubone ividiyo. UKhansela uGeorge Osborne wenqaba ukunikeza isiqinisekiso sensimbi sokuhambisana nesithembiso seLabour sokungakhulisi i-VAT kusuka ku-20 eminyakeni emihlanu yePhalamende elilandelayo. Evela phambi kweKomiti Yezimali YaseCommons, uMnuz Osborne wacelwe ngokuphindaphindiwe ukuba afane nesithembiso seLabour kodwa wenqaba ukwenza kanjalo. Izisebenzi namuhla zembule iphosta entsha exwayisa ngokwenyuka kwe-VAT yamaTory ngemva kokhetho. Izinga eliyisisekelo le-VAT limi ku-20 ngemva kokuba uMnuz Osborne elinyuse lisuka ku-17.5 kuBhajethi yakhe ephuthumayo ngo-2010. UMnuz Balls wathi ukwenyuka okunye ngemva kokhetho ngoMeyi kwakuwukuphela kwendlela amaTories ayengayenza ngayo imali yawo. Lapho ethula iphosta entsha yabasebenzi, uMnu Balls uthe: Sizokwenza izibopho zethu zentela ngokugcwele embhalweni wethu. Kodwa kucacile ukuthi nakuba izigidigidi ziye zanikezwa ukuncishiswa okukhulu kwentela, abantu abasebenzayo bakhokha intela eyengeziwe ngemva kweminyaka emihlanu edlule yamaTory. Ngakho-ke, namuhla, ngingamemezela isithembiso esicacile kubantu baseBrithani. Uhulumeni olandelayo wabasebenzi ngeke uwukhuphule u-VAT. Futhi ngeke sikwelulele ekudleni, ezingutsheni zezingane, ezincwadini, emaphephandabeni nasezintweni zokuhamba zomphakathi. Ngeke sikhulise i-VAT ngoba iyinkokhelo ethinta wonke umuntu. Yintela ekushaya nsuku zonke. Futhi kuthinta izimpesheni nabampofu kakhulu. EPhalamende namuhla, uMnuz Osborne uphonswe inselele ngokuphindaphindiwe ukuba afane nesithembiso kodwa wenqaba ukwenza kanjalo. Ilungu lePhalamende elivela kwabasebenzi uJohn Mann lacela uKhansela izikhathi ezine ukuba anikeze isiqinisekiso esiqinile sokuthi ngeke ayinyuse intela. Ilungu lesibili lePhalamende elivela kwabasebenzi, u-Andy Love, naye wacindezela kabili uNgqongqoshe...  <response>: U-Ed Balls waseLabour uveza iphosta elixwayisa amaTories ukuthi azophinde akhuphule i-VAT. U-Osborne wasebenzisa iBudget yokuqala ngo-2010 ukukhuphula izinga lisuka ku-17.5 laya ku-20. UMphathisihlalo ugcizelela ukuthi izinhlelo zakhe zokulinganisela izincwadi azidingi ukwanda okusha. Kodwa wenqaba ngokuphindaphindiwe ukufanisa isithembiso seLabor ngaphambi kokhetho. 