[[Tony Blair]], the leader of the [[HerHis Majesty's Most Loyal Opposition (United Kingdom)|Opposition]], described the budget as a "flop" and claimed people would be worse off: ""One of the reasons that it flopped is that people realise that they are still £67-a-year worse off and they realise also that the Budget has done nothing to address the long term needs of the economy."<ref name="auto"/> His Shadow Chancellor, Gordon Brown, described it as "the 7p up, 1p down budget".<ref name="auto1"/>
''[[The Guardian]]'' has noted that those on the right of the Conservative Party objected to his moderate tax cuts and increase in public spending.<ref name="auto1"/>
