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| Cameron calls for economy rethink | Cameron calls for economy rethink |
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| Conservative leader David Cameron has called for a "new economic strategy" to help the UK's companies create jobs and opportunities to succeed. | Conservative leader David Cameron has called for a "new economic strategy" to help the UK's companies create jobs and opportunities to succeed. |
| He demanded a better transport infrastructure and improved education system to enable firms to trade more efficiently at home and abroad. | He demanded a better transport infrastructure and improved education system to enable firms to trade more efficiently at home and abroad. |
| In his speech Mr Cameron said his party would create "the best place in the world to do business". | In his speech Mr Cameron said his party would create "the best place in the world to do business". |
| But Labour accused the Tories of "soundbite economics". | |
| 'Dynamism' | 'Dynamism' |
| Mr Cameron said: "We need a new economic strategy to help our companies create jobs, wealth and opportunity; to attract the best and most productive firms to Britain and keep them here. | Mr Cameron said: "We need a new economic strategy to help our companies create jobs, wealth and opportunity; to attract the best and most productive firms to Britain and keep them here. |
| "Not the old bureaucratic interventionism, but a new economic dynamism. | "Not the old bureaucratic interventionism, but a new economic dynamism. |
| "Not old-fashioned subsidies for hand-picked favourites, but modern support for enterprise and wealth creation. | "Not old-fashioned subsidies for hand-picked favourites, but modern support for enterprise and wealth creation. |
| "Rather than the do-nothing dithering and the economic incompetence of Labour, we need a new economic dynamism to make Britain the best place in the world to do business. | "Rather than the do-nothing dithering and the economic incompetence of Labour, we need a new economic dynamism to make Britain the best place in the world to do business. |
| "That is the kind of plan we need to help Britain ride out the global downturn and build the foundations for future economic success." | "That is the kind of plan we need to help Britain ride out the global downturn and build the foundations for future economic success." |
| 'Fewer regulations' | |
| Mr Cameron cited problems encountered by pharmaceutical and technology firms in his Witney and West Oxfordshire constituency as examples of ways in which transport links could be improved. | Mr Cameron cited problems encountered by pharmaceutical and technology firms in his Witney and West Oxfordshire constituency as examples of ways in which transport links could be improved. |
| "Witney doesn't have a railway station and is connected to the nearest city, Oxford, by just a single-carriage road," the Tory leader said. | "Witney doesn't have a railway station and is connected to the nearest city, Oxford, by just a single-carriage road," the Tory leader said. |
| "Local businesses there don't just need economic stability; they don't just need lower tax and fewer regulations. | "Local businesses there don't just need economic stability; they don't just need lower tax and fewer regulations. |
| "They need the infrastructure, in the broadest sense of the word, to succeed. They need good transport links so they get their goods up and down the country and beyond." | "They need the infrastructure, in the broadest sense of the word, to succeed. They need good transport links so they get their goods up and down the country and beyond." |
| A Labour Party spokesperson said: "This is more soundbite economics from David Cameron. | |
| "With global economic instability facing the UK, David Cameron's unfunded tax plans represent a threat to mortgage rates and jobs. | |
| "While the Labour government will always put stability first, the Tories' recklessness would put Britain's economy at risk yet again." |