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| I can save economy again - Brown | I can save economy again - Brown |
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| Prime Minister Gordon Brown has said he is the right man to steer the country through difficult economic times. | Prime Minister Gordon Brown has said he is the right man to steer the country through difficult economic times. |
| He blamed "international factors" for rising oil and food prices and housing market problems and said he was taking the right action to deal with them. | |
| Asked if he should stay in his job he said: "There are many people who could take over but I think I can steer this economy through difficult times." | Asked if he should stay in his job he said: "There are many people who could take over but I think I can steer this economy through difficult times." |
| "I have done it before and I can do it again," he told the BBC. | "I have done it before and I can do it again," he told the BBC. |
| The prime minister, who faces questions at his monthly media conference later, is seeking to regain the political initiative after recent difficulties. | The prime minister, who faces questions at his monthly media conference later, is seeking to regain the political initiative after recent difficulties. |
| On Tuesday he announced a £2.7bn tax cut to win over Labour rebels angry at the axing of the 10p tax rate. | On Tuesday he announced a £2.7bn tax cut to win over Labour rebels angry at the axing of the 10p tax rate. |
| On Wednesday he set out his draft legislative programme for next year - a list of bills that he plans to bring into Parliament from November this year. | On Wednesday he set out his draft legislative programme for next year - a list of bills that he plans to bring into Parliament from November this year. |
| The Conservatives and Lib Dems say the programme was an exercise in political survival after Labour's local elections losses. | The Conservatives and Lib Dems say the programme was an exercise in political survival after Labour's local elections losses. |
| All parties are campaigning in Crewe and Nantwich ahead of the by-election on 22 May is seen as a key to Labour's prospects of recovery, after its worst local election results in 40 years. | All parties are campaigning in Crewe and Nantwich ahead of the by-election on 22 May is seen as a key to Labour's prospects of recovery, after its worst local election results in 40 years. |