Cameron Spending Watch

The shift on Tory thinking on matching Labour spending continues apace in half-term. Today, the Daily Mail are reporting that any pledge to match spending would be very short-term:

David Cameron is to signal that the Tories are making no long-term pledge to match Labour's spending commitments. Senior sources insisted his undertaking to stick to the Government's spending proposals would not be reversed - but was likely to apply only to the first few months of a Conservative government.

Any proposal which is only committed to for a few months isn't going to wash. They're either going to have to ditch it or not. Watch this space.