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| PM heralds 'green economy' Budget | PM heralds 'green economy' Budget |
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| Prime Minister Gordon Brown is promising this month's Budget will plot a "green" route to economic recovery. | Prime Minister Gordon Brown is promising this month's Budget will plot a "green" route to economic recovery. |
| Trials of electric cars, a roadside network of vehicle-charging points and incentives for environmentally-friendly carmakers are among planned measures. | Trials of electric cars, a roadside network of vehicle-charging points and incentives for environmentally-friendly carmakers are among planned measures. |
| Mr Brown told the Independent there was scant room for further fiscal stimulus. | Mr Brown told the Independent there was scant room for further fiscal stimulus. |
| Instead, he said, the 22 April Budget would be "a job creator, a quality of life improver, and an environment-enhancing measure". | Instead, he said, the 22 April Budget would be "a job creator, a quality of life improver, and an environment-enhancing measure". |
| Mr Brown told the newspaper: "It is not just what we do to give real help to people and business now, but about setting a path for the future as well. | Mr Brown told the newspaper: "It is not just what we do to give real help to people and business now, but about setting a path for the future as well. |
| "We always take into account both what we need to do now and what is the best future for the fiscal position," he said. | |
| BBC political correspondent Ross Hawkins said Mr Brown's words "will be seen by many as a sign he has heeded the warning from the governor of the Bank of England, Mervyn King, that Britain cannot afford another fiscal stimulus". | BBC political correspondent Ross Hawkins said Mr Brown's words "will be seen by many as a sign he has heeded the warning from the governor of the Bank of England, Mervyn King, that Britain cannot afford another fiscal stimulus". |
| 'Green cities' | 'Green cities' |
| Last month, Mr King warned against further public borrowing to fund measures to boost the economy while being questioned by MPs from the Treasury Committee. | Last month, Mr King warned against further public borrowing to fund measures to boost the economy while being questioned by MPs from the Treasury Committee. |
| The Independent said trials of electric cars are likely to begin next year in two or three cities, while ministers would open talks with electricity suppliers on developing the roadside power points. | The Independent said trials of electric cars are likely to begin next year in two or three cities, while ministers would open talks with electricity suppliers on developing the roadside power points. |
| Councils would also be invited to submit bids to become Britain's first "green cities", it said. | Councils would also be invited to submit bids to become Britain's first "green cities", it said. |
| Mr Brown has previously called for an international "green new deal" to stimulate growth. | Mr Brown has previously called for an international "green new deal" to stimulate growth. |
| He said that moving the UK to a low-carbon economy would create 400,000 new jobs over the next eight years. | He said that moving the UK to a low-carbon economy would create 400,000 new jobs over the next eight years. |
| However, he was recently criticised by the New Economics Foundation think-tank for failing to harness Labour's economic stimulus for the benefit of the environment. | However, he was recently criticised by the New Economics Foundation think-tank for failing to harness Labour's economic stimulus for the benefit of the environment. |