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Comprehensive Spending Review

I thank my hon. Friend for that interjection. In fact, the latest figures for both consumer and business confidence are going through the floor. Never mind the extra 1 million who will be out of work, the extra £700 million that we will have to spend on jobseeker's allowance or the loss of tax revenues; the Government's attitude is, ““Cut deep and keep your fingers crossed.”” But did the Prime Minister say that when he was in Nottingham? Did he tell those children about his gamble? Of course not, just like he did not tell them that their families, many of whom are in the poorest 10%, would be hit harder than anyone else. He did not mention that for all the talk of fairness, families with children will have to pay more than twice as much as the banks towards reducing the deficit. He did not mention that although his friend the Chancellor talked about continuing the decent homes programme, the funds have actually been cut.