My letter from Ed Miliband

Shibley,

As you may have seen on last night’s news I have been campaigning in Oldham East and Saddleworth against the Tory-led Government’s VAT hike. This increase in VAT, which kicked in at midnight, is the wrong tax at the wrong time. This is the message we need to get out in Oldham East and Saddleworth.

And we now have just 9 days left to do it before polling day.

Our excellent Labour candidate is Debbie Abrahams. Her campaign team have just had a great new leaflet printed spelling out what the VAT hike means for real families – even on Nick Clegg’s own figures the average family will be £389 worse off.

Our campaign centre is open from 8.30am until 7pm every day from now until the election. It is located at 11 Lees Road, Oldham. OL4 1JS. If you want to call ahead or if you have any questions then please call: (07872) 417249.

I will be back campaigning in Oldham East and Saddleworth before polling day so I hope to see you there.

We need to send that message to David Cameron and Nick Clegg – VAT is the wrong tax at the wrong time.

Yours,

Ed Miliband ?Leader of the Labour Party

My letter to Ed Miliband

Dear Ed,

I will not be physically attending Oldham and Saddleworth, as I find journeys difficult on grounds of my disability.

However, I am confident that Labour will hold its head up high, given how the Conservatives and the Liberal Democrats have brought politics to all-time low regarding taxation. Even today, I noticed that you had to warn about George Osborne misleading the public on the degree to which VAT is progressive. This is a far cry from the photo-opportunistic pledge of David Cameron and Nick Clegg at the last election, and sadly I expect nasty politics from them locally as they campaign for this seat, and fail.

Yours sincerely,

Shibley

Member of the Holborn and St Pancras Constituency Labour Party