The three biggest Cameron U-turns

The Tory leader’s U-turns on VAT, child benefit and spending cuts.

Following the coalition’s decision to guarantee funding for Bookstart (having pledged to end state support), the Telegraph’s Benedict Brogan notes that David Cameron is becoming a master of the political U-turn.

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