‘Future Tory government cannot rule out tax rise’

DAVID CAMERON said yesterday a future Conservative administration would find it tough to stick as promised to the British government’s spending plans and could not rule out raising taxes.

But the Conservative leader said that over a full economic cycle it should be possible to lower taxes as long as state spending was kept under control.

“We are going to face, if we win the next election, an extremely tough time,” Cameron said as his party met for its autumn conference in Birmingham.