On the contrary - the Conservatives are the only Party that has been open about some of the cuts planned.
Projects like the NHS national database and the id cards.
Freeze on public sector pay for those on more than £18000 pa
Regional development agencies will go as will the pointless regional government structures.
Reductions in the costs of Parliament, fewer MPs, a reduction in Ministers pay and a freezing of their pay for 5 years.
That is just a few items from the top of my head. Not enough but it is a start and a lot more than has been admitted to by any other party.
Add to that the cuts in waste that the Government adviser Gershon identified, a man now working with the Conservatives and a start is being made in tackling the deficit while reducing some planned tax rises.
It is not enough but as I say a lot than than others have identified.
As for VAT, yes I dont doubt that it will not be touched. Conservative plans are to address this more from cuts than tax rises because tax increases can and are counter productive with taxation at the levels they are at now. In their plans the only tax rises they plan are not to block all of those the Government has programmed in, indeed some of these will be set a time limit. The problem we have at its core is one of excessive spending and it is that which must be addressed. I have a graphic that demonstrates the different approaches:
You can see from this that the Tories will tax less and as I say those increased taxes represent most of what Labour are already increasing and not new taxes.