The Conservative Party: 12/04/2013 Party Election Broadcasts

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In the recent Budget, we set out how we're backing those

who work hard and want to get on.

For people at work, for those starting businesses,

or for those raising families,

we're doing everything we can to help in these tough times.

And that's what Conservatives in local government are doing, too -

freezing council tax, cutting costs,

protecting the services you rely on every day.

The income tax? It's gone...down.

I think the general perception is that it's gone up.

It has gone down slightly under this government.

I don't know, to be honest.

-That does surprise me.

-I've noticed that I'm paying less tax,

and that's always helped me with living expenses and stuff like that.

That's got to be an advantage to people on a lower wage.

-I think it's gone down.

-Up.

-It's stayed about the same.

It's does surprise me that the deficit has gone down.

That's good news. It needs to go down.

It does surprise me that it's gone down that amount.

-Ooh, I'm not sure.

-It has stayed the same as last year.

-It's the same.

I think it helps anyone who has to pay it.

Council tax frozen is definitely good.

I've noticed that petrol prices have gone down slightly.

The equity loans for those buying new homes will help us.

I do think the government's taking us in the right direction.

Somebody has got to be strong enough to get us out of it.

It was never, ever going to be an overnight job.

It's Labour's problem. Labour did it.

It was under their watch that we got such a massive deficit.

I do genuinely believe that people are quite impressed.

We've seen more jobs, we've seen tax go down.

So the message is clear - we're dealing with the deficit.

We're backing those who work hard and want to get on.

And the choice at the local elections is clear, too -

don't let Labour do to your council what they did to our country.

If you want good government that costs less,

that is careful with your money,

then vote Conservative on the 2nd of May.