Brown and Cameron trade blows over economy and defence

BRITISH Prime Minister Gordon Brown and opposition leader David Cameron clashed in parliament yesterday over the economy and defence in a taste of the arguments set to dominate the campaign for the May 6 election.

Brown and Cameron trade blows over economy and defence

A day after Brown set the election date, Conservative leader Cameron accused Brown of wrecking the economic recovery with plans to raise payroll taxes and of failing to give British troops in Afghanistan enough helicopters.

Amid noisy shouts from MPs, Brown in turn said the Conservatives would put growth and jobs at risk with their plans for public spending cuts to pay down the gaping budget deficit.

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