In the midst of the ongoing and, at times, jaw-dropping controversy over MPs’ expenses, the deepening recession continues to bite in an equally shocking manner.
Yesterday we learnt that 244,000 people had lost their jobs over the last three months – the largest quarterly rise since 1981 - taking the total number of unemployed to 2.22 million.
And today we had further confirmation that the Labour Government was much too optimistic with its economic forecasts in last month’s Budget after the Bank of England announced that the economy would contract by 4.5% this year – a full 1% more than that predicted by Gordon Brown and Alistair Darling.
David Cameron rightly received credit for his leadership in taking swift and very strong action on Conservative MPs’ expenses yesterday whilst, yet again, Gordon Brown dithered.
And whilst Gordon Brown continues to spend his time trying to deflect blame for his central role in the economic crisis which is costing so many people their jobs and homes, David Cameron and George Osborne have never looked more ready to take responsibility in Government for placing us back on the road to economic recovery.
Yesterday we learnt that 244,000 people had lost their jobs over the last three months – the largest quarterly rise since 1981 - taking the total number of unemployed to 2.22 million.
And today we had further confirmation that the Labour Government was much too optimistic with its economic forecasts in last month’s Budget after the Bank of England announced that the economy would contract by 4.5% this year – a full 1% more than that predicted by Gordon Brown and Alistair Darling.
David Cameron rightly received credit for his leadership in taking swift and very strong action on Conservative MPs’ expenses yesterday whilst, yet again, Gordon Brown dithered.
And whilst Gordon Brown continues to spend his time trying to deflect blame for his central role in the economic crisis which is costing so many people their jobs and homes, David Cameron and George Osborne have never looked more ready to take responsibility in Government for placing us back on the road to economic recovery.
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