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| Cameron rules out tax cut pledge | Cameron rules out tax cut pledge |
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| David Cameron has delivered a sharp rebuke to those in his party calling for a commitment to cut taxes. | David Cameron has delivered a sharp rebuke to those in his party calling for a commitment to cut taxes. |
| The Conservative leader told BBC One's Sunday AM: "I can't say to the British people here are some up-front tax cuts which we haven't found how to fund". | The Conservative leader told BBC One's Sunday AM: "I can't say to the British people here are some up-front tax cuts which we haven't found how to fund". |
| He added: "Those people who say they want tax cuts and they want them now - they can't have them." | He added: "Those people who say they want tax cuts and they want them now - they can't have them." |
| Mr Cameron was speaking as the Conservatives gather in Bournemouth for their annual conference. | Mr Cameron was speaking as the Conservatives gather in Bournemouth for their annual conference. |
| The Conservative leader is expected to say in a speech later that the party must lay a "solid foundation" of principles before detailing policies. | The Conservative leader is expected to say in a speech later that the party must lay a "solid foundation" of principles before detailing policies. |
| And he will set out the "unifying idea" he wants to see running through Conservative policies. | And he will set out the "unifying idea" he wants to see running through Conservative policies. |
| Mr Cameron told Sunday AM: "What we need is a revolution in social responsibility - giving power to parents, to teachers, to the people working in hospitals and also in local government as well. | Mr Cameron told Sunday AM: "What we need is a revolution in social responsibility - giving power to parents, to teachers, to the people working in hospitals and also in local government as well. |
| "You know, we are far too centralised as a country. So let's see some civic responsibility, let's drive down responsibility to local authorities. So that's a unifying idea." | "You know, we are far too centralised as a country. So let's see some civic responsibility, let's drive down responsibility to local authorities. So that's a unifying idea." |
| Pressure | Pressure |
| The Conservatives' Tax Reform Commission set up last year under previous leader Michael Howard is expected to call for £20bn in tax cuts - mainly in income and inheritance tax - when it reports later this month. | The Conservatives' Tax Reform Commission set up last year under previous leader Michael Howard is expected to call for £20bn in tax cuts - mainly in income and inheritance tax - when it reports later this month. |
| CONSERVATIVE WEEK Sunday Senator John McCainDavid CameronMonday Hot topic: Marketing to childrenPublic services debateDavid Davis, Crime debateHot topic: Cheap flightsEnvironment debateTuesdayHot topic: Alcohol and drugsSocial justice debateBusiness in societyGeorge Osborne, economyWilliam Hague, Liam Fox, foreign affairsDevolution debate Wednesday Culture of creativityHot topic: Globalisation Global poverty debateLeader's speech Analysis: Taxing problems Send us your views | CONSERVATIVE WEEK Sunday Senator John McCainDavid CameronMonday Hot topic: Marketing to childrenPublic services debateDavid Davis, Crime debateHot topic: Cheap flightsEnvironment debateTuesdayHot topic: Alcohol and drugsSocial justice debateBusiness in societyGeorge Osborne, economyWilliam Hague, Liam Fox, foreign affairsDevolution debate Wednesday Culture of creativityHot topic: Globalisation Global poverty debateLeader's speech Analysis: Taxing problems Send us your views |
| The commission, chaired by Lord Forsyth, is reported to have come under pressure from Shadow Chancellor George Osborne to water down its proposals. | The commission, chaired by Lord Forsyth, is reported to have come under pressure from Shadow Chancellor George Osborne to water down its proposals. |
| The party's policy chief, Oliver Letwin, has repeatedly stressed a Tory government would not rush to cut taxes. | The party's policy chief, Oliver Letwin, has repeatedly stressed a Tory government would not rush to cut taxes. |
| "I don't ever see us as putting economic stability at risk by making promises about tax cuts until we know we can prudently fulfil them," he told the BBC's Straight Talk programme | "I don't ever see us as putting economic stability at risk by making promises about tax cuts until we know we can prudently fulfil them," he told the BBC's Straight Talk programme |
| But an ICM opinion poll for The Taxpayers' Alliance, a new lobby group backed by Tory donors and other business figures, suggests people would be more likely to vote Conservative at the next election if they promised to cut taxes. | But an ICM opinion poll for The Taxpayers' Alliance, a new lobby group backed by Tory donors and other business figures, suggests people would be more likely to vote Conservative at the next election if they promised to cut taxes. |
| Taxpayers' Alliance chief executive Matthew Elliott said: "The idea that people don't want to hear the Conservative Party call for lower taxes and public service reform is completely wrong. | Taxpayers' Alliance chief executive Matthew Elliott said: "The idea that people don't want to hear the Conservative Party call for lower taxes and public service reform is completely wrong. |
| "The leadership have got too many people giving them advice that's 10 years out of date." | "The leadership have got too many people giving them advice that's 10 years out of date." |
| Weblog | Weblog |
| US Senator John McCain, one of the frontrunners to secure the Republican nomination for 2008, has been addressing the Conservative conference. | |
| Mr McCain, who compared Mr Cameron to John F Kennedy in an interview with The Spectator magazine, said he had met the Tory leader for the first time this week, but was "excited" by what he was trying to achieve. | Mr McCain, who compared Mr Cameron to John F Kennedy in an interview with The Spectator magazine, said he had met the Tory leader for the first time this week, but was "excited" by what he was trying to achieve. |
| "I'm excited and thrilled to see this new generation of leadership coming up and by the way I know they'll make mistakes, we all do when we're just moving in to those kinds of situations but fresh blood, enthusiasm, conservative principles...I'm excited about this group," he told Sunday AM. | "I'm excited and thrilled to see this new generation of leadership coming up and by the way I know they'll make mistakes, we all do when we're just moving in to those kinds of situations but fresh blood, enthusiasm, conservative principles...I'm excited about this group," he told Sunday AM. |
| He told party representatives on Sunday he was pleased to observe "the unity, confidence and principled sense of purpose that distinguishes British conservatives under the leadership of my friend David Cameron". | |
| On Saturday Mr Cameron launched his own video weblog, Webcameron.org, to try to get his message across to young people. | On Saturday Mr Cameron launched his own video weblog, Webcameron.org, to try to get his message across to young people. |