
Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. Gordon Brown confirmed the Budget will be in two weeks Prime Minister Gordon Brown has warned Britain of economic "bumps in the road" ahead but vowed "we will weather the storm together".And in a pre-election swipe at his political rivals, he said "now is not the time to turn back", adding: "I will not let you down." He also said the Budget would be held on 24 March and confirmed a pay freeze on senior public employees. The Tories said the biggest risk to a recovery was Mr Brown staying in power. Shadow Chancellor George Osborne said the prime minister had not delivered on his promise to "end boom and bust" and he had no new ideas to secure recovery, having previously announced a pay freeze on top public salaries. 'Dreadful storm'"People will judge him on his record and they will see today he has nothing new to offer and, therefore, they will see that the biggest risk to recovery is five more years of him," he told the BBC News Channel.
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