Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  I whakakahoretia e George Osborne i tenei ra te whakaari a Labour kia kaua e whakapiki i te VAT i te wa i puta ai te riri mo te taurite o nga pukapuka i muri i te pooti. I whakakahoretia e te Kaiwhakahaere ki te tuku i tētahi 'taurangi rino' kia ōrite ki te oati a Labour kia kaua e whakapiki i te VAT i roto i nga tau e rima o te Paremata e whai ake nei. I puta mai i muri i te kaitono o te kaitono o te mahi a Ed Balls e kii ana ko nga Conservatives he hitori mo te whakanui ake i te VAT i muri i nga pooti ahakoa i kii ratou kaore he mahere ki te mahi i te wa o te pakanga. Panuku ki raro mō te ataata. I whakakahoretia e te Kānara a George Osborne te tuku i tētahi 'taurangi rino' kia ōrite ki te oati a Labour kia kaua e whakapiki i te VAT mai i te 20 ōrau i roto i ngā tau e rima o te Paremata e whai ake nei. I te aroaro o te Komiti Pūtea o te Whare Pāremata, i werohia a Mr Osborne kia rite ki te kupu whakaari a Labour, engari kaore ia i whakaae ki te mahi. I whakapuakina e te Rōpū Mahi i tēnei rā tētahi panui hōu e whakatūpato ana i ngā pikinga VAT a te Rōpū Tory i muri i te pōtitanga. Ko te reeti o te VAT kei te 20 ōrau i muri i te whakanui a Mr Osborne i te 17.5 ōrau i roto i tana tahua ohorere i te tau 2010. I kii a Mr Balls ko te pikinga ake i muri i te pooti i Mei ko "te huarahi anake ka taea e nga Tories te whakakotahi i a raatau moni". I te whakarewatanga o tētahi panui mahi hou, ka mea a Mr Balls: "Ka whakaurua katoatia e mātou ā mātou whakataunga tāke ki roto i tā mātou whakaaturanga. Engari e mārama ana ahau, ahakoa he nui te whakahekenga tāke i whakawhiwhia ki ngā miriona, he nui ake te utu tāke a te hunga mahi i muri i ngā tau e rima kua hipa o ngā Tories. Na, i tenei ra, ka taea e au te whakaatu i tetahi oati marama ki te iwi o Ingarangi. E kore te kāwanatanga mahi e whai ake nei e whakapiki i te VAT. E kore hoki e whakawhānuihia ki ngā kai, ngā kākahu tamariki, ngā pukapuka, ngā niupepa me ngā utu waka tūmatanui. 'E kore mātou e whakapiki i te VAT nā te mea ko te tāke e pā ana ki te katoa. Ko te tāke e pa ana ki a koe i ia rā. A ko te hunga reti me te hunga rawakore rawa te hunga e tino pa ana.' I roto i ngā Whare o te Pāremata i tēnei rā, he maha ngā wā i werohia ai a Mr Osborne kia rite ki te kupu whakaari engari i whakakahoretia e ia. E whā ngā wā i tono a John Mann, mema o te Rōpū Kaimahi ki te Kānara kia hoatu he 'taurangi rino' kia kaua ia e whakapiki i te tāke. He mema tuarua o te Rōpū Mahi, a Andy Love, e rua hoki ngā wā i pēhi i te Kānara...
Ko Ed Balls o Labour e whakaatu ana i te panui e whakatupato ana ka piki ano te VAT a nga Tories. I whakamahia e Osborne te Pūtea tuatahi i te tau 2010 ki te whakapiki i te reiti mai i te 17.5% ki te 20%. E tohe ana te Kaiwhakahaere ki ana mahere ki te taurite i nga pukapuka kaore e hiahiatia he pikinga hou. Engari he maha nga wa i whakakahoretia ai e ia te whakaari a Labour i mua i te pōtitanga.