article_snippet.sent: Chancellor George Osborne was joined by the Scottish Labour Leader Jim Murphy at the Royal Concert hall in Glasgow today .
article_snippet.sent: Labour has vowed not to increase VAT or National Insurance as part of measures to bring down the deficit if Labour win the election.
article_snippet.sent: the deficit is going to be £90 billion.
article_snippet.sent: I am not going to make unfunded commitment to do so, because I fear in the end that will be a VAT rise from the Tories.
article_snippet.sent: You won't get that from Chancellor George Osborne.'
article_snippet.sent: Economic security and lower taxes with David Cameron and our long-term economic plan.
article_snippet.sent: Or economic chaos and higher taxes under Ed Miliband.'
article_snippet.sent: But Labour says the policy is a £7billion unfunded tax cut at a time when billions are needed in spending cuts.
article_snippet.sent: Tory promises to raise the 40p threshold further are completely unfunded and will cost billions of pounds.
article_snippet.sent: Together with their extreme spending plans, these unfunded commitments will mean the Tories end up raising VAT again and cutting the NHS. '
highlights_snippet.sent: Labour says the plan amounts to a £7billion unfunded commitment .