PM wants 100,000 new jobs

05/01/2009

Gordon Brown has said he wants to create 100,000 new jobs.

He told the Observer the total could be reached by improving rail lines, carrying out school repairs and installing new high-speed broadband.

"I want to show how we will be able, through public investments and public works, to create probably 100,000 additional jobs over the next period of time in our capital investment programme," he told the paper.

According to the British Chambers of Commerce, ten per cent of the UK workforce will feel the effects of rising unemployment.

Liberal Democrat spokesperson Vince Cable was doubtful the PM's scheme would work: "We need to know more details about how this programme will be financed and what Gordon Brown means by bringing investment forward," he commented.

Speaking to the Observer, the prime minister said he would not "stand by and allow nothing to be done when people are facing difficulties".

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