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Osborne unveils pay and tax plans | Osborne unveils pay and tax plans |
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Shadow chancellor George Osborne has unveiled proposals to tackle Britain's debts - including a public sector pay freeze in 2011. | Shadow chancellor George Osborne has unveiled proposals to tackle Britain's debts - including a public sector pay freeze in 2011. |
He told the Conservative conference in Manchester that only frontline soldiers and people on less than £18,000 a year would still get rises. | He told the Conservative conference in Manchester that only frontline soldiers and people on less than £18,000 a year would still get rises. |
He said the freeze would help protect jobs and repeatedly said "we're all in this together". | He said the freeze would help protect jobs and repeatedly said "we're all in this together". |
And he warned bankers he may tax their bonuses if they were deemed excessive. | And he warned bankers he may tax their bonuses if they were deemed excessive. |
Pension cap | Pension cap |
Mr Osborne said he wanted to be straight with voters about the scale of cuts needed and repeatedly said that the better-off must take their share of the pain. | Mr Osborne said he wanted to be straight with voters about the scale of cuts needed and repeatedly said that the better-off must take their share of the pain. |
He said the measures contained in his speech would save £7bn a year in government spending over the lifetime of a Parliament. | He said the measures contained in his speech would save £7bn a year in government spending over the lifetime of a Parliament. |
He said he could not think of abolishing Labour's new 50% tax rate on the rich "while at the same time I am asking many of our public sector workers to accept a pay freeze to protect their jobs". | He said he could not think of abolishing Labour's new 50% tax rate on the rich "while at the same time I am asking many of our public sector workers to accept a pay freeze to protect their jobs". |
In a series of measures that are likely to form the backbone of the Conservative election manifesto, Mr Osborne proposed a freeze on the pay of government ministers and curbs on "excessive salaries at the top of Whitehall". | In a series of measures that are likely to form the backbone of the Conservative election manifesto, Mr Osborne proposed a freeze on the pay of government ministers and curbs on "excessive salaries at the top of Whitehall". |
TORY CONFERENCE TWEETS | TORY CONFERENCE TWEETS |
Twitter: @BBCLauraK | Twitter: @BBCLauraK |
To clarify-public workers over 18k pay freeze,cuts to child trust fund + tax credits,and later retirement- members delighted in hall #cpc09 47 minutes ago Osborne making big pitch on being honest with the public 'we are all in this together' #cpc09 About 1 hour ago cuts to child trust funds,and tax credits-osborne's audience clapping those ideas #cpc09 About 1 hour ago osborne-we respect public sector workers but all on less than 18 grand to have pay frozen apart from military #cpc09 About 1 hour ago big cheer for getting rid of regional assemblies-tories would cut cost of whitehall by a third #cpc09 About 1 hour ago What is this? Send us your comments | |
Any new public employee with a salary greater than the level of the prime minister would need special permission from the Treasury. | Any new public employee with a salary greater than the level of the prime minister would need special permission from the Treasury. |
And he said the time had come to "find ways to impose a £50,000 annual cap on the size of public sector pension payouts". | And he said the time had come to "find ways to impose a £50,000 annual cap on the size of public sector pension payouts". |
He also vowed to cut the cost of Whitehall - proposing to slash departmental budgets by a third during the lifetime of Parliament, a move he said would save £3bn. | He also vowed to cut the cost of Whitehall - proposing to slash departmental budgets by a third during the lifetime of Parliament, a move he said would save £3bn. |
Tax credits for families earning more than £50,000 a year would be ended and the Child Trust Fund would be limited to the poorest third in society. | Tax credits for families earning more than £50,000 a year would be ended and the Child Trust Fund would be limited to the poorest third in society. |
But child benefit will be preserved as a universal benefit and the party would not axe the winter fuel payment or free TV licences for pensioners, he said. | But child benefit will be preserved as a universal benefit and the party would not axe the winter fuel payment or free TV licences for pensioners, he said. |
Mr Osborne also confirmed plans revealed on Monday to bring forward a rise in the age at which people can claim a state pension. | Mr Osborne also confirmed plans revealed on Monday to bring forward a rise in the age at which people can claim a state pension. |
Explaining the need for the tough package of measures, he said: "These are the honest choices in the world in which we live and we have made them today. | Explaining the need for the tough package of measures, he said: "These are the honest choices in the world in which we live and we have made them today. |
"Anyone who tells you these choices can be avoided in not telling you the truth. We are all in this together." | "Anyone who tells you these choices can be avoided in not telling you the truth. We are all in this together." |
The government has come under fire from public sector unions for its plans to freeze the pay of senior civil servants such as judges and GPs. | The government has come under fire from public sector unions for its plans to freeze the pay of senior civil servants such as judges and GPs. |
Chancellor Alistair Darling has written to salary review bodies calling on them to freeze the pay of 40,000 senior public servants in 2010/11. | Chancellor Alistair Darling has written to salary review bodies calling on them to freeze the pay of 40,000 senior public servants in 2010/11. |
He also recommended that about 700,000 middle-ranking public servants, including doctors, dentists and prison officers, get a rise of between 0 and 1%. | He also recommended that about 700,000 middle-ranking public servants, including doctors, dentists and prison officers, get a rise of between 0 and 1%. |
Mr Osborne attacked Mr Darling for "sneaking out" the announcement during the Tory conference saying "he didn't have the guts to announce it to the Labour Party conference". | Mr Osborne attacked Mr Darling for "sneaking out" the announcement during the Tory conference saying "he didn't have the guts to announce it to the Labour Party conference". |