The text of the press release is below. Michael Portillo and William Hague have promised that at the next election they will cut investment in the NHS, education, public transport and law and order by a colossal 16 billion. The Tories staggering pledge to slash the cash for schools and hospitals has set the central battleground for the next election. The key dividing line will be a Labour Government committed to making record investments in vital local services over the coming years, and a Tory Party committed to slashing public services to the bone. From now until the election, Labour will harry the Tories to come clean on where the Tory axe will fall.
Labour believes in public services.
The Tories never have and never will. It is up to all of us to highlight what the Tories Cuts Guarantee would mean for our public services. Five key challenges for your local Tories 1. So, in every constituency, in every part of the country, we will force every Tory candidate to say where the cuts will fall.