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Brown pledges to 'go for growth' Do not wreck recovery, says Brown
(about 5 hours later)
Gordon Brown will use his new year message to pledge to "get Britain moving forward again" and warn voters not to "wreck the recovery". Gordon Brown will use his new year message to draw his election battle lines as he warns voters not to let the Tories "wreck the recovery".
The prime minister will promise to "go for growth" and deliver "a decade of shared prosperity", while cutting the deficit in a "sensible and fair way". The PM will promise "a decade of shared prosperity", warning against Tory "austerity and unfairness" as "the privileged few protect themselves".
Ahead of the general election, which must be called by June, he will warn economic recovery is still fragile. It follows Mr Brown's attacks in which he suggested the Tories were elitist.
The Conservatives described his message as "the last throw of the dice". The Conservatives said the message showed Mr Brown was "intent on waging a negative and pointless class war".
Mr Brown's message will outline priorities for the coming year - in which Labour will seek to be re-elected for a fourth successive term. Mr Brown's new year message, to be delivered in a webcast on the Downing Street website later, will include a prediction of the economic recovery in the year ahead - pledging to "go for growth" and "really get Britain moving forward again".
These will include cutting the deficit, reforming public services, cleaning up politics, and "maintaining Britain's global strength". Fairly shared
'Privileged few' He will promise to outline this week plans to invest in the "industries of the future" - such as high speed rail, the digital economy and clean energy - as part of plans for "a successful, fairer and more responsible Britain".
But he will also use the message to attack the Conservatives - who have maintained a lead over Labour in the polls all year - and draw what he sees as the dividing lines between the two parties.
ANALYSIS BBC political correspondent Ross Hawkins
Gordon Brown does not name the Conservatives in his New Year message but you do not need to read his words too closely to spot attacks on the Tory leader David Cameron.
The prime minister says some are planning a decade of austerity and unfairness in which a privileged few will protect themselves. That is how he sees Tory plans.
The Conservatives say this adds up to a negative and pointless class war. For now though it is a key Labour attack line. Ministers are not talking about Mr Cameron's Eton education, but they are painting Conservative policy as biased towards the wealthy.
Whether that makes for a class war or not, we are going to hear much more of it as the general election approaches.
He will pledge to create "fairly shared" prosperity - and contrast that with those "who say we must plan for a decade of austerity and unfairness where the majority lose out while the privileged few protect themselves".He will pledge to create "fairly shared" prosperity - and contrast that with those "who say we must plan for a decade of austerity and unfairness where the majority lose out while the privileged few protect themselves".
The prime minister will predict that unemployment will start to drop in 2010 and more small businesses will open. And, predicting that unemployment will start to fall and more small businesses will open, he will say: "That wasn't inevitable; it was the change we chose. And so my message today is simple: Don't wreck the recovery. The recovery is still fragile and it needs to be nurtured in the interests of those who were hit hardest by the recession."
Mr Brown will say: "That wasn't inevitable; it was the change we chose. And so my message today is simple: Don't wreck the recovery. The recovery is still fragile and it needs to be nurtured in the interests of those who were hit hardest by the recession."
This message sounds like the last throw of the dice from a government that has no idea how to solve Britain's problems Chris GraylingShadow home secretary
BBC political correspondent Iain Watson said the speech marked the start of the 2010 general election campaign.
Downing Street insiders said despite the economic downturn, the prime minister would deliver an upbeat message.
The speech will also reveal the more negative dividing lines with the Conservatives which will dominate the election campaign, our correspondent added.
The prime minister has accused the Conservatives of planning "savage" public spending cuts after the next general election.The prime minister has accused the Conservatives of planning "savage" public spending cuts after the next general election.
In his message Mr Brown will say: "We are determined to reduce the deficit at a responsible pace, without choking off the recovery or damaging the frontline services the mainstream majority rely on. In his message he will say: "We are determined to reduce the deficit at a responsible pace, without choking off the recovery or damaging the frontline services the mainstream majority rely on.
"Our strategy is to go for growth, because we want to build our country up, not talk Britain down.""Our strategy is to go for growth, because we want to build our country up, not talk Britain down."
He promised to spell out details of plans to invest in "industries of the future" later this week - including high speed rail, aerospace, the digital economy, clean energy and "advanced manufacturing". On Wednesday Justice Secretary Jack Straw reinforced the message in an article for the Independent newspaper, writing that only a "wealthy few" would benefit from Conservative tax plans and accusing the party of planning "the most expensive election campaign in British political history".
'Hideous' class war "Never before in the history of British elections has a political party spent so much to help so few," he said.
Mr Brown will add: "2010 is when we will really get Britain moving forward again." 'Throw of dice'
The Tories say he has not been straight with the public about the need for spending cuts to tackle spiralling debt levels. Last week Cabinet Office Minister Tessa Jowell warned Mr Brown not to turn the general election campaign into a "hideous" class war, after he accused Conservative leader David Cameron of pursuing policies dreamt up "on the playing fields of Eton".
Shadow home secretary Chris Grayling said the prime minister's message was "backward-looking" and revealed that "despite warnings from his own cabinet" he is "intent on waging a negative and pointless class war". Shadow home secretary Chris Grayling said the prime minister's message was "backward-looking" and "shows that despite warnings from his own cabinet Gordon Brown remains intent on waging a negative and pointless class war".
Mr Grayling said: "Gordon Brown has spent money like there is no tomorrow yet the gap between rich and poor has grown wider than ever. He said: "Gordon Brown has spent money like there is no tomorrow yet the gap between rich and poor has grown wider than ever.
"This message sounds like the last throw of the dice from a government that has no idea how to solve Britain's problems.""This message sounds like the last throw of the dice from a government that has no idea how to solve Britain's problems."
Cabinet Office Minister Tessa Jowell warned Mr Brown last week not to turn the general election campaign into a "hideous" class war, after he accused Conservative leader David Cameron of pursuing policies dreamt up "on the playing fields of Eton".