When Gordon Brown Becomes Prime Minister, The

I Am Going To Confront The Old-fashioned Negative Thinking Which Says That All Government Needs To Do To Generate Growth Is Cut Worker And Environmental Protections, Cut Taxes On The Rich And Stroke 'fat Cats' Until They Purr With Pleasure. I'm Completely Repudiating The Idea That Government Has To Get Out Of The Way.

We Need A New British Business Bank With A Clean Balance Sheet And An Ability To Expand Lending Rapidly To The Manufacturers, Exporters And High-growth Companies That Power Our Economy. Today I Can Announce We Will Have One.

The Food In The House Of Commons Is Fairly Good. The Cafe In Portcullis House Is Really Very High Quality, And You Also Have A Choice Of Eating In The More Traditional Restaurants, The Churchill Room Or The Members' Dining Room. I Don't Often Eat In Them, Though, As I'm Usually On The Run.

There Was, Of Course, A Global Financial Crisis. But Our Labour Predecessors Left Britain Exceptionally Vulnerable And Damaged: More Personal Debt Than Any Other Major Economy; A Dangerously Inflated Property Bubble; And A Bloated Banking Sector Behaving As Masters, Not The Servants Of The People.

For Wide Swaths Of Training And Education There Are Valuable Spillovers Which Mean That The Private Sector Needs Support From The Government. That Is Why I Have Been So Determined To Protect And Grow Apprenticeships And Put Higher Education On A Sustainable Footing.