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Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister – in the House of Commons at 11:30 am on 22 April 2009.

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Photo of David Cameron David Cameron Leader of HM Official Opposition, Leader of the Conservative Party 11:30, 22 April 2009

Talk about massaging the figures! I asked the Prime Minister for a very simple fact: how many young people are out of employment, education and training? The answer is 857,000. That is the highest number on record. Even before the recession began, it was higher than when Labour came to power. If the Prime Minister will not even acknowledge these facts, how on earth are we going to make any progress?

Let me turn to the public finances. Will the Prime Minister confirm that next year Britain will borrow more than at any moment in our peacetime history—yes or no?