article_snippet: You [the Lib Dems] want to have your cake and eat your cake, to be in Government but not in Government. '
article_snippet: The Liberal Democrats have backed the Tories all the way, working families have paid the price and now the price is time for you to pay the ultimate price for your behaviour.'
article_snippet: The policy measures contained in the Budget document were all agreed between us. '
article_snippet: I secured key Liberal Democrat commitments, including a significant increase in the income tax personal allowance, support for mental health, tax measures to support motorists, scotch whisky and the oil and gas sector because together scotch whisky and the oil and gas sector make our society fairer and our economy stronger. '
article_snippet: Because, of course, people want a stronger economy based on a credible plan.
article_snippet: But people also want a fairer society based on modern public services.'
article_snippet: Today I set out a better economic plan for Britain - a plan that is based on values of fairness as well as strength, a plan that delivers on our commitment to balance the books in a fair way. '
article_snippet: A plan that borrows less than Labour, cuts less than the Conservatives and enables our country to see light at the end of the tunnel, not a rollercoaster ride but a steady path back to prosperity. '
article_snippet: This sticks to the path that we have chosen in this Government, not lurching away from it by cutting too much or borrowing too much. '
article_snippet: The fiscal forecast published by the Chancellor yesterday would, according to the Office of Budget Responsibility, return government consumption, the effective spending power of the state, back to the level last seen in 1964. '
highlights_snippet: Set out rival spending plans to attack Tories for cutting to 1960s levels .
  