ACCORDING to the Labour Party all they ever did was prudently invest in schools and hospitals and then came along came the banks and wrecked everything.

Let’s set the record straight — Labour started spending more than it was taking in taxation in 2002 they did it again in 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006 and 2007.

During the height of the world-wide boom the Labour government was mismanaging your money.

By the time of the financial crash the government was spending £160 billion a year more than it was taking in taxation.

Every difficult decision the coalition government has taken has been framed by that tough economic reality.

Is it any wonder that Ed Miliband in his conference speech to the Labour Party ‘forgot’ to mention the deficit and yet he was happy to make one spending commitment after another.

In a few months time you will have the opportunity to take the UK to the same dark place the French socialists have taken their economy to.

Our rigged electoral system means Labour only needs 35 per cent of the vote to win a majority, and one of the seats that will determine the outcome will be Bolton West.

We will be fighting it hard, committed to making sure you understand the true cost of a Labour government to working families.

Cllr Martyn Cox Westhoughton North and Chew Moor