Austerity plan could last until 2020, says Cameron

British prime minister David Cameron has said he cannot see an end to his government’s austerity programme while Britain tackles its huge budget deficit amid deteriorating economic conditions.

Mr Cameron indicated yesterday that Britain’s programme of spending cuts, initially planned to take five years, could last until 2020.

“This is a period for all countries — not just in Europe, but I think you will see it in America too — where we have to deal with our deficits and we have to have sustainable debts. I can’t see any time soon when... the pressure will be off,” Mr Cameron said in an interview with the Daily Telegraph.