If the coalition adopted the proposals, Labour would back it, the shadow chancellor said.
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The shadow chancellor said Britain's economy faced a "global growth crisis" which was becoming "more dangerous by the day".
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The gaffes surrounding such debates have become part of the folklore of American presidential elections ever since Richard Nixon's five o'clock shadow is said to have lost him the 1960 presidential race.
The shadow chancellor said he favoured a cut in VAT - which is a sales tax rather than a tax on income - because it would be the "fastest and fairest" way of boosting the economy.
Liberal Democrat spokeswoman Sarah teather said Liberal Democrat Shadow Education Secretary, Sarah Teather MP said it was important to have a chief inspector who was not tied to any political party, who could act independently and in the best interests of schools and pupils.
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"They should just have the benefits go forward linked to inflation this year, " the shadow home secretary said.
"It is clear that their voluntary approach is not working, " said shadow health minister Diane Abbott.
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"The Lib Dems' centralised, undemocratic vision of Europe belongs to the past, " said shadow foreign secretary William Hague.
"Take the example of Hull, which as Grant Shapps knows is not untypical, " the shadow welfare minister said.
"The vulnerable will still face rising care costs - homes will still be sold, " said shadow health secretary Andy Burnham.
Britain should eventually stage an in-or-out referendum on membership of the European Union, one of Labour's shadow cabinet has said.
The shadow home secretary said it was a scandal no-one has been arrested for the "multi-billion pound" Libor inter-bank lending rate fraud.
The shadow chancellor has said that the chancellor's is "gambling" on cutting the 50p top rate of tax and called the Budget a "big failure".
Ahead of November's elections for police commissioners, the shadow home secretary said Labour candidates who are elected would "halt the Tory rush to privatisation of our police".
"Instead of internal squabbling about Europe the government should be taking the lead in Europe on urging a global plan for growth, " said shadow Europe minister Wayne David.
"Their record is woeful, " said shadow schools minister Stephen Twigg.
"At this rate, Gordon Brown's grand plan to avoid 6, 000 repossessions will help less than 25 of the most vulnerable families stay in their homes, " said shadow housing minister Grant Shapps.
"This Tory-led government are committed to promoting a discredited growth model of trickle-down economics which will do nothing to reduce poverty in the developing world, " said shadow international development secretary Ivan Lewis.
"It is unacceptable these institutions are coming under such pressure to take unsuitable prisoners that we see the risk of absconds and therefore a risk to the public, " said shadow justice secretary Nick Herbert.
"Having a citizenship test that teaches people about life in the UK is important, but Theresa May has many other issues in her department that are far more important to focus on, " the shadow immigration minister said.
"It is deeply worrying DFID is failing to demand real evidence of the impact of CDC in reducing poverty and that it failed to keep tabs on executive pay, " said shadow international development spokesman Andrew Mitchell.
The minister added that local councils faced a huge challenge to deliver more with less, but closing the debate the Conservative Shadow Finance Minister said that his party didn't believe that efficiency savings are incompatible with running effective public services.
"It seemed at times that David Cameron was ready to throw in the towel and aim for a freeze, but today's deal proves that a cut was worth voting for in Westminster and worth negotiating for in Brussels, " said shadow foreign secretary Douglas Alexander.
"The reality is that, instead of strengthening the checks year on year as all previous ministers committed themselves to do, this home secretary decided to water them down, even though Parliament had not been informed, " said shadow home office minister Lord Hunt of Kings Heath.
"We will only tackle the housing crisis and help first time buyers if we have a major programme of affordable house building, which Labour called for as part of our jobs and growth plan but the Budget totally failed to deliver, " said shadow Treasury minister Cathy Jamieson.
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Liberal Democrat spokesman David Laws said the rights had been drawn up "on the back of a fag packet" and shadow schools minister Nick Gibb said the process was a "complete waste of time".
"We need to see the detail, " said the shadow chief secretary to the Treasury, Rachel Reeves.
Dr Liam Fox, Shadow Health Secretary, said the whole idea of a cash transaction is abhorrent.
Likewise, David Davis, Conservative shadow home secretary, said that opportunities for the least well-off were "flatlining".
Shadow chancellor George Osborne said the comments shattered Labour's charge that only the Conservatives oppose the VAT measures.
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