General Election 2015: ‘Slippery snake-oil’ Tories’ secret plan to slash child benefit and tax credits

‘Millions of working families face a huge raid on their household budgets this summer as part of a secret £58 billion Tory cuts plan.

Labour warned David Cameron will slash tax credits and child benefit for hard-pressed Brits if he wins the election next week.

On a day that left the Prime Minister and Chancellor George Osborne’s economic credibility in shreds, experts also lined up to savage their planned five-year tax lock as a desperate “gimmick” that could unleash economic disaster.

Citi Bank’s Michael Saunders said: “I don’t think it is very sensible.’

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