Cameron in pledge to poor families

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Mr Cameron said following the decision to scrap the rate, working families now felt "desperately let down".

And he stressed he would not be distracted by a new poll suggesting he will become prime minister with a strong majority at the next general election.

The ICM survey for the News of the World shows 131 Labour MPs are set to be kicked out of the Commons in favour of their Tory challengers.

The findings point to a 9% swing from Labour to the Tories, bagging Mr Cameron a 64-seat majority.

In a BBC interview, Mr Cameron said he was concentrating on uniting his party and preparing policies for Government. He said if he became Prime Minister he would not sanction a Budget that "singled out the poor" for a tax increase.

"Those people have been let down by Labour and those are the the people I want to stand up for," he said.

Speaking on the The Andrew Marr Show he said: "People on low pay, families who struggle often to make ends meet, who have seen the cost of living rising and have seen their tax bill go up under Labour, those people who thought 'The Labour Party is for me' I think they feel desperately let down.

"What I want to say to people like that is we are there for you."

Asked if he would reinstate the 10p rate, he said: "We will set out our tax plans at the next election. I would not sanction a Budget as a Prime Minister that singled out the poor for a tax increase at a time when everyone else was either left alone or getting a bit of help."