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EmilyKent Donating Member (753 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-11-10 06:11 PM
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Emergency budget within 50 days.
The Lib Dems agreed to an emergency budget within 50 days and to Tory a budget reduction plan including £6bn in cuts to non-frontline services in 2010/11. The two sides also agreed a commitment to a replacement for the Trident nuclear missile system but the programme will be scrutinised for value for money.

The Lib Dems have agreed to drop plans for a "mansion tax", while the Conservatives have ditched their pledge to raise the inheritance tax threshold to £1m. The new administration will scrap Labour's planned rise in National Insurance but some of the benefits will go to reducing income tax thresholds for lower earners.

The Lib Dems have agreed to a cap on immigration and a commitment not to join the euro for the lifetime of the parliament.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/shared/election2010/liveevent/
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non sociopath skin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-11-10 06:42 PM
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1. Hi Bulldog! Like the sex change.
Here to bring us the good news about the new government, just like you did about Boris Johnson's election, eh?

Remind me - will this be the fourth or the fifth time you've been booted out?

Most amusing thing is you voted UKIP anyway....

Cheers
The Skin
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EmilyKent Donating Member (753 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-11-10 06:46 PM
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2. Pardon me?
Why do you consider Cameron's elevation good news??
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