LONDON, April 6 (UPI) -- Britain's three main party leaders clashed over tax and the economy in a raucous session in Parliament Wednesday, the last before the May 5 election.
Prime Minister Tony Blair contrasted economic stability under Labor with high unemployment, inflation, and boom and bust recessions under the Conservatives.
He said voters would realize the Tories were offering the "same crew they rejected in 1997."
"I say to the British people: economic stability is at risk, your job is at risk, your mortgage is at risk, the economy is at risk," he said.
Tory Leader Michael Howard accused Blair of consistently breaking election promises by raising tax, national insurance contributions and university tuition fees.
In a sign that lack of trust in Blair is going to be a key target of the Tory campaign, Howard urged voters not to reward the prime minister for "eight years of broken promises."
Liberal Democrat leader Charles Kennedy said Labor had let down both university students and pensioners. But Blair said the Lib Dem plan to raise the top rate of tax would not raise the money they needed to scrap university fees and increase pensions.
