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PM: Labour probably saved up to 500,000 jobs the Tories would have lost

Gordon Brown, in an interview for the Times today, warned that we’re not yet out of recession but voters will soon see that Labour has managed the recession well.

“That means we will return to growth more quickly and we will probably have saved up to 500,000 jobs that would otherwise have been lost. People will see we have made a difference to the path of the recession.”

But it takes time for these actions to have an impact. “I understand why people in June, when voting, knew we had taken measures, but they had not seen the results. It takes time for these results to come though as the economy starts to return to growth again and as employment opportunities become available.”

He contrasted Labour’s action with Cameron’s Conservatives, saying that they had:

“No strategy for the recession…for growth…for new jobs. They had no plan to deal with the recession, not one genuine plan for taking us out. All other countries started to work on the same line as Britain, and the Conservatives were left isolated — just as they are isolated on Europe.”

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