George Osborne Didn't Want To Build Houses That 'Produce Labour Voters,' Claims Nick Clegg
George Osborne and David Cameron blocked plans to build more social housing because it would "produce more Labour voters", Nick Clegg has claimed,
According to the former deputy prime minister, the chancellor and prime minister rejected repeated Lib Dem attempts to get more money to build homes for people on low incomes.
Clegg quoted the chancellor and prime minister in an interview with The Independent today as telling him: "All it does is produce more Labour voters."
The former Lib Dem leader also said Osborne blocked his attempts to expand childcare provision for two-year-olds for poorer families in favour of offering 30 hours of free childcare for older children as it would score a political victory over Ed Miliband.
Clegg claims the chancellor told him at the time: "All we want to do is to shoot Labour’s fox".
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According to the former deputy prime minister, the chancellor and prime minister rejected repeated Lib Dem attempts to get more money to build homes for people on low incomes.
Clegg quoted the chancellor and prime minister in an interview with The Independent today as telling him: "All it does is produce more Labour voters."
Clegg claims the chancellor told him at the time: "All we want to do is to shoot Labour’s fox".
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