[ applause ] and mr. Clegg the first question comes from darren metcalfe, please. Darren metcalfe. Nick. Hi, darren. How are you . Your promise on Student Loans has destroyed your reputation. Why would we ever believe anything else you say . [ applause ] nice easy way to start. Look, firstly, i got it wrong. I said sorry. Musically, no less. When you make a mistake in politics just as in life in politics just as in life sometimes you cant do exactly what you want. I was absolutely between a rock and a hard place five years ago on that particular policy. Secondly, i hope you can at least give me credit for the many, many other things that i have actually put into practice, whether its taking lots of people on low pay out of paying any income tax. The biggest expansion of apprenticeships this countrys ever seen. The biggest reform of our Pension System in a generation. More money into schools to help with the education of disadvantaged children. More childcare. Shared parental leave. Hea
The lady yes . And just going back to your letter for a moment, the letter mr. Cameron, you call is a prop. I run a business here. The last five years has been really hard work. We have a plan and the economy is improving. For me back in as a chancellor and he called that letter a joke. Let me tell you, running a business the last few years is anything but a joke, and if thats the way your party wants to treat the economy, how can we trust you . [ applause ] what does your business do . I employ 76 people here in the city. Let me tell you very specifically what i think we need to do for businesses like yours and this does go to the big choice of this election. There will be some people who tell you that the way we succeed as a country as long as a few people at the top do well in large corporations, that will power the economy. Ive got a different view, and thats your choice for the next five years. I think its when working people, every person in our country succeeds in britain now fo
Over the next 90 minutes the three Party Leaders are going to take the stage here and the question for our audience of course, as ever. An audience that tonight is made up of three lots of 25 who intend to vote for each of those three Party Leaders, and the remaining 25 for either undecided or supporting other parties. Now, joining this program as ever on question time you can of course text or tweet. Bbcqt. Follow us bbcquestiontime. Press the old red button and see what other people are saying. Lets now get cracking and hear from the leader of the conservative party, David Cameron. [ applause ] our first question comes from Jenny Johnson please. Jenny johnson. Will you put back rumors that you plan to cut Child Tax Credit and restrict benefits to children . Well, thank you jenny, for that question. No, i dont want to do that. This report that was out today is something i rejected at the time. This Prime Minister and i rejected again today. I do think its important we go on reforming
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Will help the private sector. Cutting Business Rates which will also help grow the economy and help grow jobs. Leading in the Big Industries of the future like green industry. Take Climate Change for example. Some people see that as a burden. It isnt a burden. Its a necessity to tackle it and a challenge to lead as a country in one of the most Important Industries of the future. Can we come back to welfare . [ applause ] is your plan to cut the welfare bill, to increase it . Theres a cap on the welfare bill which the government has put in place. Well keep to within that cap. The ifs says your commitment to being tough on welfare amounts to almost nothing. Well i dont agree with them. Where have they gone wrong . Theyve analyzed everybodys let me give you an example. I want to help pensioners in our country. Were going to have a triple lock on the basic state pension. That means pensions going up by 2 1 2 but we have said that the winter fuelouts will not continue to grow to pensions wi