Tuesday, 5 October 2010

Cameron's First Big Mistake? : Child Benefits Cuts for the Middle Classes

The Guardian leads today with reports from the Conservative Party Conference that David Cameron's government could have made its first wrong step with Conservative 'swing' voters...

David Cameron 'sorry' child benefit cut was not in Tory manifesto
Prime minister battles to calm Conservative nerves amid fears government has made first big mistake

Every Prime Minister has their first error of judgement that 'ends the honeymoon' with their core voters... Tony Blair had tobacco sponsorship in Formula One, Gordon Brown had the 10p tax—now it could be that David Cameron has found his! Trouble is, with the results of the Spending Review just around the corner, he could find a few more yet....

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