Cameron calls for "government of thrift"
The opposition leader will stress the need to limit government spending
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Sunday, 26, Apr 2009 09:35
Conservative party leader David Cameron will attack spending by the present government and promise to usher in a "government of thrift" if elected, in a speech later today.
At the party's Spring Forum, the opposition leader said that a change in culture is required at every level of the government in order to deal with the country's growing debt problem.
"We need a massive culture change at every level of government, so the state is no longer casual, but careful, with public money," he said.
He added that ministers will be urged to deliver more for less in his government, adding that "top-down cuts imposed by ministers" will not be sufficient to solve the country's economic problems.
Mr Cameron went on: "The age of irresponsibility is giving way to the age of austerity.
"We are in the deepest recession since the war. We have the highest borrowing in history. Labour are spent.
"The money has run out. Unless we deal with this debt crisis, we risk becoming the sick man of Europe again."