‘Embarrassing’ details of Tories’ record show up in own economic attack dossier

Document sent to journalists to critique opposition's policies says Labour has had more budget surpluses

A private Treasury attack dossier circulated to critique Labour's economic policy includes detailed figures in the small print that highlight difficult statistics on the public finances under Conservative governments.

Labour said the figures in the dossier, seen by the Guardian, were embarrassing" because they showed Labour's favourable record on budget surplus compared with the Conservatives'.