THE Government was elected on the basis of three key promises: 1. To wipe out the deficit during five years of parliament (Tory); 2. The abolition of tuition fees (Lib Dems); 3. No top down reorganisation of the NHS (David Cameron).

Despite severe austerity cuts the Tories are now boasting at having reduced the deficit one third, well short of the target which certainly will not be achieved.

I remember they were making the same boast two years ago so what has happened during the interim period?

Draconian measures such as the bedroom tax and the shambolic handling of universal credit alongside the botched sell out of Royal Mail seem to have made no impression on the deficit.

So far as student fees are concerned, they are directly funded by taxpayers who stand to lose millions of pounds as a result of unpaid debts.

Because the Government has trebled fees many students will have the spectre of debt hanging over them for the rest of their lives. Voters will never forget the hypocrisy of the Lib Dems.

So far as the NHS is concerned how can we trust anything David Cameron says? An estimated three billion pounds has been spent on a re-organisation that seems to be falling apart at the seams.

However, growth has been a major achievement of the present regime. High streets are flourishing with the growth of betting shops, loan sharks and food banks. Bankers’ bonuses have shown significant growth while rent arrears have increased as a result of the iniquitous bedroom tax putting councils under severe pressure to maintain services.

Finally, the Government’s most outstanding achievement must be the growth of the national debt which has increased by a mammoth 100pc during its time in office and is expected top reach £1.5 trillion come the election.

So much for competent control of the economy.

Maurice Baker, Middlestone Moor.