Don’t put ‘fragile’ economy at risk, Brown tells voters

GORDON BROWN today urged voters not to put Britain’s “fragile” economic recovery at risk by entrusting control to his “novice” rivals.

As official figures showed the economy continued to grow in the first three months of the year, the Prime Minister claimed 1.7 million more jobs would have been lost in the recession if the Tories had been in power.

The Conservatives however said that it was a “jobless recovery” which would see unemployment rise if Labour’s planned increase in national insurance contributions went ahead.