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  Opposition Day - Jobs and Growth
  
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  @ MP voted aye to create more jobs for young people, funded by bank bonuses, to make planned investment sooner, to reduce VAT and for a tax break for small firms taking on extra workers.
  
  @ MP voted no against creating more jobs for young people, funded by bank bonuses, making planned investment sooner, reducing VAT and a tax break for small firms taking on extra workers.
  
  The majority of MPs voted against creating more jobs for young people, funded by bank bonuses, making planned investment sooner, reducing VAT and a tax break for small firms taking on extra workers.
  
  
  The motion rejected by the majority of MPs was:
  
  :That this House
  :''notes'' that there has been no growth in the UK economy over the last nine months, compared to 1.8 per cent. growth in the previous nine months;
  :''further notes'' that families are feeling the squeeze, unemployment is rising again and the recovery was choked off last autumn, well before the eurozone crisis of recent months;
  :''agrees'' with the International Monetary Fundâs managing director that âgrowth is necessary for fiscal credibilityâ
  and the IMFâs recent report which warned that âif activity were to undershoot current expectations and risk a period of stagnationâ
  the Government should âconsider delaying some of their planned consolidationâ;
  :''further notes'' that borrowing is forecast to be Â£46 billion higher than planned because of the slower growth and higher unemployment arising from the Governmentâs policy of cutting spending and raising taxes too far and too fast;
  :''further believes'' that the Government need a plan for jobs and growth if the deficit is to be reduced in a sustainable way; and 
  :''calls on the Government'' to implement a steadier deficit plan and the Oppositionâs five point plan for jobs, which includes a tax on bank bonuses to fund 100,000 jobs for young people, bringing forward long-term investment projects, reversing temporarily the VAT increase to provide an average Â£450 increase for a couple with children, implementing a one-year cut in VAT on home improvements, repairs and maintenance to five per cent, and a one-year national insurance tax break for small firms taking on extra workers. 
  
  
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  * [1] [http://www.john-robertson.co.uk/2011/11/labourâs-five-point-plan-for-jobs-and-growth/ John Robertson MP,  November 2011]
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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