The Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg says the Conservatives are kidding themselves and the voters over the "huge" scale of cuts they would impose if they win the general election
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Conservatives are kidding themselves and the voters over the "huge"
scale of cuts they would impose if they win the general election, Nick
Clegg has said.
The Deputy Prime Minister hit back at Tory claims that the Liberal
Democrats would wreak "economic chaos" in a future
government, and told his coalition partners to "come clean".
Mr Clegg dodged questions over whether he would back a VAT hike if he was
returned to power and claimed the Conservatives "constantly" tell
him privately that they support his plans for a mansion tax.
He told BBC
1's Andrew Marr Show: "It's extraordinary, actually, that
Conservatives, particularly since they constantly tell me privately that
that's a good idea ... constantly reject it in public.
"I just think the Conservatives are kidding themselves and seeking to kid
British voters if they are claiming that it is possible to balance the
books, deliver unfunded tax cuts, shrink the state and support public
services in the way that everybody wants," he added.