• Recovery is taking longer, progress is being made on cutting the deficit
  • Deficit reduction plan is foundation of growth
  • Will not let Britain ‘join the slide’
  • Rejects Labour’s call for ‘plan B’ for UK economy.
  • Cuts are keeping rates low and spurring job creation
  • Will meet Scotland’s Salmond next week to set a date for Scottish independence referendum before 2014

Speaking at the Conservative Annual Conference