Cameron continues silver offensive

David Cameron is doing his best to do what the Tories haven’t always been that impressive at: capitalising on the clever political bits in this year’s Budget. He was at a PM direct event in Peacehaven today, driving home the importance of the government’s reforms to pensions to his target voters.

But he also had the opportunity to woo them with other policy treats, such as what the Tories might promise on inheritance tax in their next manifesto. ‘Would I like to go further in future?’ he said. ‘Yes, I would. I believe in people being able to pass money down through the generations and pass things on to their children.’ He added that ‘it’s something we’ll have to address in our manifesto’.

That he’s prepared to drop this big a hint is a sign that the Tories feel the economic mood has changed: people will only worry about inheritance tax if they think they’re going to have enough left to pass on to their family.