DAVID Cameron has indicated taxes could be cut as the economy recovers after the 2015 General Election and said he looked forward to being liberated in a Conservative-only government.
The Prime Minister's desire to "give people back some of their hard-earned money" follows Chancellor George Osborne's commitment that the Government's deficit reduction plans can be achieved without further tax rises after the 2015 poll.
But Mr Cameron appeared to go further, saying: "I think your economy does better if you say to people, 'You've worked hard, you've done the right thing, here is some of your own money back in a tax reduction'."
Mr Osborne said earlier this month "tax increases are not required" to achieve his economic plans beyond 2015/16, as he intended to bring the nation's books into balance by imposing more spending cuts.
Mr Cameron said: "What George said, and what he's absolutely right about, is that our plans as set out show a further need for spending reductions in order to meet our deficit targets, and they don't include any plans for tax rises."
Asked on BBC One's Andrew Marr Show if that was a pledge to voters, the Prime Minister said: "I want to give people back some of their hard-earned money."
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