The Full List of Coalition U-turns

The Tory-led coalition have made so many U-turns since their formation that it's becoming quite clear that incompetence is the one thing they are good at.

Beset by climb-downs and indecisiveness, both Tory and Lib Dem ministers are making a mockery of the political process by being irresolute and divided, seemingly incapable of making a decision without dithering and going back on their promises. In uncertain times like this, people deserve much more.

To read a full list of coalition U-turns - a grand total of 36 in just two years - please look no further than this Telegraph article:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/9617519/Coalition-climbdowns-u-turns-and-row-backs.html.

Tory led Government failing the South East

Labour’s Shadow Minister for Further Education, Skills and Regional Growth, Gordon Marsden MP spoke this week at the Kent on Sunday Business Week Live in Dover. He was scathing of the Tories record on support for business and growth in the South East:

“The Tory-led Government’s much-touted Regional Growth Fund has helped precisely no businesses in the South East. Meanwhile latest figures show a 27% year on year increase in business failures in the South East. Unemployment in the region is soaring, which is a real worry because it’s one of the key regions where, if the Tory-led Government had been right in its argument, the private sector would have soaked up public sector job losses.

“Unfortunately, the Government has been wrong at almost every turn, and its decision to cut too far and too fast is hurting business and growth in the South East.”