But the Conservatives and Labour are trying to make commitments ahead of the general election, but as Jeremy Hunt showed today, they cannot make guarantees.
On Thursday, former prime minister Theresa May claimed this election - like every one - would be ultimately fought on the economy. Today, we got a sense of how that battle is going to play out. Jeremy Hunt, with his senior Conservative politician hat on, launched into a blistering attack on Labour, accusing the party of 'lying' and spreading 'fake news', and branded its claims on pensions as 'disgusting'. For the rather meek chancellor, this is strong stuff.
Instead, he said: 'If you're saying can I look into a crystal ball and predict what is going to happen in the world in the next five or 10 years, and therefore give you a cast iron guarantee of when we will be able to reduce the tax burden and to what level? 'The answer is, of course I can't. And it would be irresponsible to do so.' There are no guarantees in politics, of course. But that gets to the heart of the problem here.
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