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Ed Balls: Tory cuts 'will take Britain back to 17th Century'

Shadow chancellor Ed Balls has accused the Tories of planning budget cuts which would take Britain "back to the 17th Century".

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Balls: Cuts are 'larger than any time in post-war history'

The Opposition analysis indicates Tory plans could mean the equivalent of 260,000 fewer older people receiving social care and the loss of 30,000 police officers.

The scale of these cuts is unprecedented. The analysis we are publishing today shows Tory plans mean spending cuts larger in the next four years than in the last five years. We are not even half way through the cuts the Tories are planning.

Spending cuts which are larger than any time in post-war history - a bigger fall in spending as a share of GDP in any four year period since demobilisation at the end of the Second World War.

– Ed Balls

Mr Balls will claim Labour will offer a "tough, but balanced and fair plan" to improve living standards while getting the deficit down, while the Tories will "cause huge damage to our vital public services".

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Ed Balls: Tory cuts 'will take Britain back to 17th Century'

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