To give people hope for the future, the country needs to change direction. Conservatives are honest, united, determined and ready to deliver the tough and radical change Britain needs torebuild our broken economy, mend our broken society and fix our broken politics.

Conservatives have bold plans to deal with the big problems the country faces.  To deal with Labour's Jobs Crisis we have published our detailed plan to Get Britain Working.  Labour are now the party of unemployment - we are the party of new jobs and new opportunities.  To deal with Labour's Debt Crisis we have been honest with the British people about the tough decisions we need to take.  Unlike Gordon Brown, we won't duck them and treat the British people like fools.

Labour's Pre-Budget Report
Because Labour have failed to take the tough decisions on spending before the election, there will be higher taxes and higher interest rates if they win the election.

Now we know the real victims of Gordon Brown's class war - hard working families. The central measure in the PBR was a tax on jobs that hits everyone earning over £20,000 - well below the average wage. Of all Labour's tax rises, this will be the one that it is the Conservatives' priority to avoid.

Because Labour are weak, they failed to deal with the £178 billion deficit and cancelled the pre-election Comprehensive Spending Review. Instead they have been forced to admit that a Labour victory at the election would mean:

• £7.8 billion higher taxes - £370 more per family - after the election;
• Of this, £6.5 billion - £310 more per family - is a rise in National Insurance, a tax on anyone earning over £20,000;
• Labour's planned tax on jobs is now £200 a year on someone earning £30,000 a year, or £60 on average earnings of around £23,000.

Gordon Brown stopped the Treasury taking action on the deficit

The Conservative view that we need to deal with Britain's record debts sooner is now endorsed by the Treasury itself. Gordon Brown stands charged of the most serious allegation - that he has overruled the advice of the Treasury and put his own political interests ahead of the economic interests of the nation. If he has imperilled the jobs and prosperity of millions for the sake of his wretched political dividing lines, then he has betrayed the responsibilities of the office he holds.

We now need urgently for the Treasury to publish its own plan for dealing with Britain's debts, so we can see the truth and get this country back on track. This would not have happened if we had an independent Office for Budget Responsibility, as we propose.

IFS analysis shows hidden tax rises and spending cuts in the PBR
The Pre-Budget Report unravelled within 24 hours, as we see just how deceitful the Chancellor has been. How depressingly cynical that Labour were not straight with the public about spending cuts and tax rises. Why do we have to wait for the small print to see the truth?

Labour's cynical benefits cuts
When they look at the small print, families and the disabled will be bitterly disappointed that what was presented as a permanent increase in benefits, including child benefit and disability living allowance, in fact turned out to be a temporary rise for the period of the election, followed by a real terms cut.  How depressingly cynical - it tells you everything you need to know about how this Government has lost its moral compass. People will not be fooled by this.

Labour plans to cut NHS spending
Analysis of the PBR shows that, as a result of their planned National Insurance rise, £446 million of which will come from the NHS, Labour plan a real cut in health spending.  A Conservative government will protect health spending - because there are huge challenges facing the NHS in the years ahead - and we will try to avoid Labour's National Insurance rise.  Of all Labour's tax rises, it is our priority to avoid their tax on jobs.

We desperately need a change of direction.  A Conservative government will take three key steps to rebuild our broken economy:

• First, we still face a financial crisis.  So we need to get banks lending again.  For nearly a year, we have been calling for a National Loan Guarantee Scheme to underwrite bank lending to businesses, to save businesses and protect jobs. And we think that instead of paying our significant cash bonuses, retail banks should be rebuilding their balance sheets so they can start lending to businesses again.