article_snippet: Launching a new Labour poster, Mr Balls said: 'We will make We tax commitments in full in
article_snippet: But I am clear that while millionaires have been given a huge tax cut, working people are paying more in tax after the last five years of the Tories. '
article_snippet: So, today, I can announce a clear pledge to the British people.
article_snippet: The question for those who say those who say they are going to try to balance the books are going to try to balance the books but say the books mainly has to be done through tax, as the official Opposition does, has to spell out what those big tax rises are. '
article_snippet: And it's pretty clear today that those who say they are going to try to balance the books have opened to door to a big increase in National Insurance and the `jobs tax'
article_snippet: However, your proposals do involve tax increases.
article_snippet: That's what people will get if people vote Labour.
article_snippet: But of course they vote Labour won't vote Labour because they vote Labour remember what you did last time.'
article_snippet: Mr Balls, who believes Gordon Brown's refusal to accept Gordon Brown's calls for a pledge not to raise VAT contributed to Labour's defeat in 2010, said Gordon Brown's would 'resign rather than break this promise'.
article_snippet: It was put up 'despite David Cameron telling the British people a few days before the election that David Cameron had 'no plans' to do so and despite the promises of Nick Clegg', David Cameron said - and had been raised by every Conservative administration for 40 years. '
article_snippet: The choice at this election is becoming clearer by the day: sticking with the competence of the Conservatives' long-term economic plan that's securing a better future for Britain or abandoning the Conservatives' long-term economic plan with hard-working taxpayers paying the price for the economic chaos that would result from Ed Miliband in Downing Street.'
article_snippet: Liberal Democrat Chief Secretary to the Treasury Danny Alexander said: 'Labour have no credibility on the economy.
article_snippet: Because the Liberal Democrats have taken the difficult decisions to stick to a balanced recovery, under our future plans there is no need to raise income tax, National Insurance, VAT or corporation tax.'