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While Labour obsesses over Jeremy Corbyn's speech, it could be all too easy to forget their real foes.

So to mark 21 weeks of all-Tory government, the party has revealed 21 broken Tory promises - from tax credit cuts to protecting the disabled.

David Cameron made a string of pledges in his May manifesto as he sold a Conservative message to the nation.

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The nation bought it, returning Mr Cameron to Number 10 with a stronger majority and freed from Lib Dem shackles. But what did they buy? And have they been short-changed?

Labour shadow minister Jonathan Ashworth, whose team put together the 21-strong list, claimed it proves the Tories can't be trusted.

He told the Mirror: "David Cameron is always saying we should trust the Tories, but their record of broken promises since the election says otherwise.

"This is a disgrace, and one Labour won't stay quiet about."

Here's the full list of 21 broken pledges, which the Mirror has linked to evidence from previous stories.

1. No more child benefit cuts

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In a BBC Question Time election special on April 30, an audience member asked Mr Cameron to 'put to bed' rumours he'd cut child tax credit, or restrict child benefit to two children .

He replied: "No, I don't want to do that. This report that's out today is something I rejected at the time as Prime Minister and I reject it again today."

Child benefit hasn't technically been cut. But it has been frozen - and will have been for seven of the 10 years to 2020/21 - giving parents less as inflation rises.

According to the Office for Budget Responsibility that means the first child rate will have fallen 14.4% in real terms over a decade.

2. No child tax credit changes

In the same show David Dimbleby pushed Mr Cameron on the detail, saying some people were clearly worried.

The PM replied: "Child tax credit we increased by £450. It's not going to fall."

The Summer Budget then announced the Government would limit support to families with two children from 2017.

And far more damagingly, it will rein in thresholds with some clever maths that will leave families thousands of pounds worse off - even once the higher minimum wage is counted in .

3. Support to working families

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David Cameron said ‘working people’ were at the ‘heart’ of his Government – so much so that he made it his party slogan.

But the changes to child tax credit will mean working families on the minimum wage are among the hardest hit.

House of Commons research looked at a family with two children and a parent working 35 hours a week on minimum wage.

With the higher minimum wage, tax credit cuts and the child benefit freeze all counted in, that family will be £2,038 a year worse off by 2020 than if those three measures had never happened .

4. Tax-free childcare this autumn

Last year the government promised to introduce tax-free childcare by autumn 2015.

The changes would hand an extra £2,000 a year per child to 'up to 1.8 million families' across Britain with a new online system, the Tories pledged.

Now the policy has now been delayed until 2017. The government insists this was only because it had to fight a legal battle at the Supreme Court (which it won).

5. An electrified Midland Main Line

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The Tory manifesto declared electrification a 'key part of our investment programme' and a route into the Northern Powerhouse.

But the flagship Midland Mainline electrification plan including Derby, Leicester and Sheffield was scrapped soon after the election .

There was later a furious row over whether the Tories had known about overspending and gone into the election without mentioning it.

6. An electrified TransPennine route

See above but for Manchester, Leeds, Newcastle, Middlesborough and Hull.

7. A budget surplus by 2019

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George Osborne repeatedly said the Tories would run a budget surplus - spend less than it takes in taxes and so on - by 2018/19.

A brief look at the chart above shows he's not been doing very well.

The Chancellor's July Budget once again moved that target back, saying the government would achieve a surplus of 0.4% in 2019/20 .

With the trend going the way it is, can even those figures be trusted?

8. A greener government

The Tory manifesto vowed to meet 'our climate change commitments, cutting carbon emissions as cheaply as possible, to save you money'.

But since then they’ve scrapped the Green Deal – the Government’s flagship policy to insulate homes.

The Tories admitted their flagship scheme to boost energy efficiency in homes had been a 'total flop' because of off-putting interest rates.

9. Three days' 'volunteer leave'

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Under the scheme, every public sector worker and anyone working for a private firm with 250 or more employees could claim three days' extra leave a year for volunteering.

But then-minister Eric Pickles was accused of being grumpy and arrogant after a 'car crash' interview left confusion over the scheme .

It didn't appear in the Queen's Speech and while it's not been officially ruled out, the Financial Times quoted a government source saying it had been quietly dropped .

10. Achieving NHS targets

When he was in office in 2011 David Cameron said he would keep the 18 week limit between referral and treatment for 90% of patients.

"We’re not going to leave anything to chance, especially as our changes are working their way through the system," he said.

"So we’re keeping the 18 week limit. That’s in the NHS contract and constitution. And it’s staying."

But in June the Tories ditched the target along with a string of others , including publishing A&E waiting times monthly instead of weekly.

11. A care cap by 2016

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The Tories planned a cap which would mean no person would have to pay more than £72,000 towards their own care.

With costs often running at £1,000 a week or more, the news was a breath of fresh air to families who faced selling their homes to pay up.

But instead of being introduced next year the cap has been delayed until 2020 amid fears over how it will be afforded .

12. Cutting 'productivity weakness'

The summer Budget vowed to tackle 'the longstanding weakness in productivity and rebalancing the economy'.

Analysis by the Office for Budget responsibility then revised productivity downwards for four years in a row .

13. No change to Sunday trading

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In April the Prime Minister was clear about Sunday trading laws, which stop big stores opening for longer.

His office said: "We believe that the current system provides a reasonable balance between those who wish to see more opportunity to shop in large stores on a Sunday, and those who would like to see further restrictions."

Just three months later the government promised to tear up the rules and devolve powers to local mayors .

Many welcomed the move but the Keep Sunday Special campaign, backed by unions and church groups, warned shop workers will be hit hard by the change.

14. Pledges on child poverty

The Tory manifesto promised to 'work to eliminate child poverty'.

Two months later Iain Duncan Smith scrapped child poverty measures and targets in a move condemned by activists.

The Work and Pensions Secretary announced plans to remove the official measure, which defines a child as being in poverty if it is in a household with less than 60% of the national median average income.

Instead, the government will define poverty not in terms of money, but by measuring the number of workless households and educational attainment of children.

15. Protecting the most vulnerable

Iain Duncan Smith has repeatedly said he'll protect the weak. He told the Commons on June 22: "It is our intention to protect the most vulnerable, including the disabled".

Two weeks later the summer budget hit thousands of disabled and sick people on Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) .

Anyone who is declared fit for 'work-related activity' will have their payments lowered by £30 a week to the same rate as jobseekers' allowance.

16. Building more affordable homes

The Tory manifesto promised that “a clear objective to build affordable homes” would be at the heart of a Tory Government’s housing policy.

But the Budget contained a move to hit social housing rents by 1% a year.

The aim was to bring down the soaring housing benefit bill, but what it's done is reduce the amount of spare cash in housing associations' coffers.

According to the Office for Budget Responsibility , that will mean 14,000 fewer affordable homes are built over the four years of the rent hit.

17. Transparent government

The Tory manifesto promised the party would 'continue to make government more transparent, so you can hold us to account for how your money is being spent'.

Two months later ministers set up a review of the Freedom of Information Act , which Tony Blair launched in 2000 and later said was one of his great regrets.

Campaigners fear top Tories - who've been embarrassed repeatedly by FOI revelations - will seek to strengthen the maze of restrictions they can place on the public's right to know.

18. £1trillion in exports

The Tory manifesto pledged: "We will... achieve our goal of having 100,000 more UK companies exporting in 2020 than in 2010 and reach our target of £1 trillion in exports."

The Office for Budget Responsibility puts the figure at a much more modest £647billion .

It's still a rise from £470billion in 2010, but it's a long way from what was pledged.

19. Public chance to buy Lloyds shares

The Tories made a big promise on June 1 - to sell further Lloyds shares directly to the public in a deal to be announced within a year .

More than three months on, it hasn't happened yet. Fair enough, you might think.

But the Conservatives have been selling off pieces of Lloyds quietly to big city investors while they wait. Last week another 1% was sold, bringing the taxpayers' share in the bank down to 11.98% .

And it comes after fury at other institutions like Royal Mail being sold overnight without household investors getting a look in .

20. Money for the Cancer Drugs Fund

The Tory manifesto promised the party would 'continue to invest in our lifesaving Cancer Drugs Fund'.

But many drugs in the fund have fallen victim to changes after overspending. The latest shake-up was just a few weeks ago .

A bulletin announced that the Fund would no longer pay for 16 medicines, used in 23 separate cancer treatments.

Two young mums are among those campaigning for the NHS to reverse its decision , saying it could stop them seeing their eight children grow up.

21. No plans to privatise Channel 4

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Tory business minister Baroness Neville-Rolfe said in June: "There are no current plans to privatise Channel 4 but we want to see it strengthened to compete successfully and to support the delivery of its public service obligations."

But plans suggesting otherwise were laid bare in documents carried by a hapless official entering Downing Street last week.

Officials confirmed no final decisions had been made on the channel's future after the blunder.

The memo said: "In your recent meeting with Matt Hancock, you agreed that work should proceed to examine the options for extracting greater public value from the Channel 4 Corporation, focusing on privatisation options".