LAST week, we saw Gordon Brown give away billions of pounds of our money in his pre-Budget statement.

The question that the Redditch people need to be asking is why he took it from us in the first place.

Stealth taxes such as fuel taxes have been imposed on everyone and the Chancellor cannot hide behind the fact he is now taking more money in fuel tax than the total price of a litre of fuel in 1997.

I am sure the electorate will see through the ''fix'' that New Labour is trying to impose on our country.

Karen Lumley

Conservative Prospective Parliamentary Candidate for Redditch

Aldermans Lane

Brockhill