General Election 2015: We delivered on international aid, the environment and fighting poverty says David Cameron
'There is only one way to deliver the things that matter – and that’s with a strong economy'
David Cameron makes a pitch to centre-ground voters today by claiming his government has delivered on international aid, the environment and fighting poverty.
In an article for The Independent on Sunday, the Prime Minister says his party cared about these issues – describing them as the “things that matter”.
Mr Cameron says that his 0.7 per cent pledge on international aid was not just “some achievement on a league table – it’s people in the Democratic Republic of Congo getting the vaccinations they need, children in Sierra Leone living free from Ebola, families in Nepal hit by that terrible earthquake getting the medical care they need”.
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On the environment, Mr Cameron says his party has created the world’s first green investment bank, doubled the amount of renewable electricity the UK produces, and increased renewables generation capacity: “We’re the ones pushing for other countries to sign up to carbon reduction targets. We’ve shown it can be done – you can grow the economy and cut carbon emissions.”
However the Liberal Democrat leader ,Nick Clegg, has criticised his coalition partner’s commitment to climate change, saying that Lib Dem ministers had had to fight “trench warfare” with the Tories to set ambitious carbon emission targets.
Mr Cameron writes: “The economy is on the ballot paper. But behind the economy is the environment needing investment; lives depending on British aid; children waiting to be lifted out of poverty; parents crying out for help. It would be impossible to address any of those things with the higher spending, taxes and debt Labour and the SNP are planning.
“There is only one way to deliver the things that matter – and that’s with a strong economy. And there’s only one party that can deliver a strong economy: the Conservatives.”
Mr Cameron will deliver a speech urging would-be Lib Dem and Ukip supporters to vote Conservative to keep Labour and the “chaos” of a vote-by-vote deal with the SNP out of power.
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