Comment: David Cameron pledges 'bold action' to see under 25s 'earning or learning'

Commenting on David Cameron's conference speech, where he claimed the Conservatives support the increase in the income tax threshold, Jenny Willott MP for Cardiff Central has said;

"It's almost amusing to see the prime minister desperately trying to claim Lib Dem policies as his own. The fact is that raising the tax-free threshold to £10,000 was a top priority in the Liberal Democrat manifesto.

"At the time, David Cameron explicitly claimed it was 'unaffordable'. He was wrong.

"Now, thanks to the Liberal Democrats in Government, over a million Welsh workers have had a £600 tax cut. Building a stronger economy is our number one priority.

"However, unlike the Tories, the Liberal Democrats also want to build a fairer society which is why over 130,000 of the lowest paid workers in Wales no longer pay a single penny of income tax. Nowhere in David Cameron's speech did we hear how the Tories will build a fairer society and that is exactly why they can't be trusted to be in Government on their own."