Harriet Harman MP, Deputy Leader of the Labour Party, commenting on Nick Clegg’s speech to the Liberal Democrat Conference, said:
“Nick Clegg talks about fairness but the truth is the Lib Dems voted with the Tories to cut tax for people earning over £150,000 while raising it for everyone else. He says they have fixed the economy but working people are on average £1,600 worse off since the Lib Dems joined the Tories in government.
"His record is of failure and broken promises. He is not constraining the Tories but colluding with the Tories. Without the Lib Dems there would be no bedroom tax and no disastrous reorganisation of the NHS. He trebled tuition fees after promising to scrap them and joined with the Tories in increasing VAT after campaigning against it.
"Far from holding back the Tories, Nick Clegg and his Liberal Democrats have broken their promises and backed the Tories all the way and hardworking people are paying the price."
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