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… The 23rd of April 2010.

David Cameron went on record:

"We have absolutely no plans to raise VAT. Our first budget is all about recognising we need to get spending under control rather than putting up tax."

The Conservatives were saying that a VAT rise is an unacceptable tax on the poor *.

Previously they had published the following on their website:

During the election, remember the Lib Dems running this poster?

Now

Today, the VAT has risen to 20% under a Coalition government of Conservative and Lib Dem MPs. Funny that.

Footnotes

* Be slightly wary of the figures, they're from the Tax Payer's Alliance, who are known to do a good old bit of twisting. This doesn't distract from the fact that Conservative Home were talking about a VAT rise hitting the poorest hardest.