article_snippet: It came after Labour's shadow chancellor Ed Balls that Conservatives had a history of raising VAT after elections despite saying they had no plans to do so during the campaign.
article_snippet: Labour today unveiled a new poster warning of Tory VAT hikes after the election.
article_snippet: The headline rate of VAT stands at 20 per cent after Osborne increased The headline rate of VAT from 17.5 per cent in Osborne emergency Budget in 2010.
article_snippet: the Chancellor unveiled a new poster warning 'the Tories will raise VAT' to help balance the books .
article_snippet: Mr Balls claimed the Tories 'have a secret plan to raise VAT again'
article_snippet: That means it is either VAT or jobs tax or income tax. '
article_snippet: Speaking in Birmingham - in front of a new poster featuring the letters VAT as concrete blocks with the slogan 'Don't let the Tories hit you with this' -
article_snippet: It's the same Tory lie about VAT: 1979, 1992, 2010 and now 2015. '
article_snippet: Everybody in the country knows what it means: the Tories have a secret plan to raise VAT again.'
highlights_snippet: Tories will hike VAT again .
  