"Put your trust in us and I will not let you down"

Perhaps today will be seen as the start of the election campaign.

Gordon tells his audience at Thomson Reuters in Canary Wharf that

Our opponents build their policy on political ideology. Ours is a policy built on the experience of economic history. That is why we have rejected from the outset the laissez faire approach that would have let the recession take its course - and it is why we are investing now in the industries of the future."

The message is essentially put your trust in us and I will not let you down adding that

we avoided adepression not by accident, but by design; by learning from the mistakes made and experience gained in previous recessions and making tough but necessary decisions.

At the same time framing the battle he announced that there will be pay freezes for doctors, dentists and hospital consultants as well as senior managers across most of the public sector.

At the same time confirming the budget will be on 24th March