British Prime Minister David Cameron on Wednesday asked the Labour Party to apologise for its economic record and for creating economic mess in the country.
He blamed record unemployment in the UK on the “record of failure” inherited from the Labour government. “Labour did the economy down. They left the country with £155 billion deficit, the biggest deficit of the peacetime history. They are the ones who gave us the biggest boom and the biggest bust,” Mr Cameron said in his clash with acting Labour leader Harriet Harman in the House of Commons during the Prime Minister’s Questions on Wednesday afternoon.
He also made digs at former chancellor of exchequer Alistair Darling who was sitting next to Ms Harman during the debate.
“Before she starts challenging us about cuts, they should, first of all, apologise for the mess they have left behind,” Mr Cameron said.
“Though this morning saw the unemployment claimant count fall, unemployment is still too high. Behind these figures are real people and real concerns. Can you promise that none of the policies you will put in your budget next week will put more people out of work?” Ms Harman challenged Mr Cameron.
Ms Harman was questioning Mr Cameron on the spending cuts in the budget next week as new figures released on Wednesday revealed that the rate of unemployment in the UK had increased. Unemployed people in the UK increased by 23,000 to 2.47 million during the three months to April.