According to the analysis, while the Conservatives, Labour and Liberal Democrats are all proposing to spend more on 16 to 18
education over the course of the next parliament, only Labour's spending plans will result in a real - terms increase (8 per cent in real terms).
Specifically, the manifesto argues for an end to austerity: the SNP proposal is for a 0.5 % annual increase in public
spending over the course of the next parliament, rather than the reductions in spending which George Osborne laid out in his March 2015 budget.
The IFS said that the Conservative plans to get rid of «the bulk» of the
deficit over the course of the next parliament will involve the biggest spending cuts since the second world war, while Labour and Lib Dem plans will result in deeper cuts that at any time since the 1970s.
In return they received a pledge that the UK would not join the
euro over the course of the next Parliament (which is an entirely hollow victory since there was no chance that any party would have pushed for euro entry in the next Parliament).
The think tank says that although the Conservatives, Labour and Liberal Democrats are all proposing to spend more on 16 to 18
education over the course of the next parliament, only Labour's spending plans will result in a real - terms increase.
Lord Forsyth's tax report recommends tax cuts of # 21bn (BBC)
over the course of the next Parliament - apparently to be funded by growth.
«This extra money secured by Liberal Democrats for mental health services in England, combined with our pledge to boost NHS spending by # 8bn
over the course of the next Parliament, will mean millions extra flowing down the M4 to Wales.
The key reforms are to be phased in over five years, or
over the course of the next parliament.
David Cameron pledged to raise the threshold for the 40p income tax rate from # 41,900 to # 50,000
over the course of the next parliament.