Gordon Brown addressed an audience today with these very words. His statement was clear in his decision to concentrate on growing the economy rather than focusing on cutting Britain’s budget deficit.

In a speech that attacked the view’s of David Cameron and cited there dislike to his own views as detrimental to the economic recovery. It is Gordon’s Brown intention to continue its fiscal policies and although this may add to the UK deficit, the strong belief is that we need to tackle this problem by growing the economy to a point where it can then cut the deficit without pushing the economy into another recession.

If you are an recruitment agency, especially public sector employment agencies, this would be deemed as good news. The idea of trying to grow the economy will mean more jobs and placements.

The only problem I envisage with this strategy is yes it is bold and seems like strong action. However as with many comments that Gordon Brown has said in the past, they are not always actually followed as they initially sounded. I await with much curiosity how we hope to keep growing as an economy, keep spending and then able to reduce this deficit.