I’m a member of the Labour Party, but after last weeks budget and a number of things I am really debating whether to carry on or not.

The government will freeze tax thresholds – in affect increasing taxes as you would expect peoples pay to increase. If they wouldn’t go up then, that would be another negative in this country.

The government will also freeze the threshold on particular student loans on what level of salary people start repaying. I’m on plan 2 – part of the student group that had higher tuition fees already – and this will affect me.

I do agree with the lifting of the two child benefit cap though. There is too much poverty across this country, especially hitting households that have children. Children that have no other option.

Whilst I agree with the lift of the cap, I feel like I’m taking a hit to pay for it. So should that mean that I pass on that hit to the Labour Party? After all I pay them monthly and if I’m getting that in return why should I bother.

This country’s economy has not recovered since the 2008 crash, let’s face it. For 14 years under the Conservatives, money was taken out of public services and not replaced – it affected the private sector as well.

Labour promised hope and change. We are yet to see that hope truly.

I’m sorry to say but it certainly feels like the budget was a way to take money off working people. At a time when we need more money pumped into the economy, taking money from working people surely isn’t the answer.

You can’t tax your way to growth.

Then for the change in the conditions on the student loans – well that’s a very Tory thing to do. How on earth is it fair to change conditions for those who have no say in the repayment scheme or were even told at the last general election. As someone said on question – what’s the point of manifestos.

The big thing I was disappointed by the government as well was the introduction of a per mile charge for electric and hybrid vehicles.

There’s been a big drive away from diesel and petrol cars. Governments have encouraged people to buy electric and hybrid vehicles.

So for the government to then tax them like this is wrong. We all knew at some point a tax would come in, but they’ve gone way too early on this.

Surely the plan would be to allow those vehicles not to pay anything and then when we’ve got the ban on new diesel and petrol vehicles would be the time to impose a tax.

How on earth a charge per mile policy can actually be implemented is beyond me. Why wouldn’t they make it simpler and charge it like they do on cars now.

So I will be debating about my future relationship with the Labour Party – it does feel like we are slowly and surely taxing our way to a lack of ambition.