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| Stephen and Jackie with the Chancellor, Gorge Osborne together with members of the” Partyman” team, a rapidly growing Basildon based leisure business employing over 300 people. |
Stephen Metcalfe, local MP
for South Basildon and East Thurrock, joined Jackie Doyle Price MP and local
businesses at the London Cruise Terminal in Tilbury today to hear a key note
speech from Chancellor of the Exchequer, George Osborne.
Before giving the speech, Mr
Osborne took the time to open a new logistics academy on site which will
develop the necessary talent to expand this already thriving industry. “Right
here we are at the centre of the global economy” commented the Chancellor
before moving to the Terminal to deliver his address.
Tilbury, chosen for its
strong record in job creation, provided a perfect backdrop for a speech with
employment at its heart. The Chancellor committed the Conservatives to
targeting ‘full employment’, a goal that can be achieved with the help of
ongoing tax and welfare reforms.
Mr Osborne went on to
criticise Labour’s jobs guarantee which relies on the creation of artificial
jobs with borrowed money saying that it would result in unsustainable spending,
higher spending and job losses in the long term.
Local MP Stephen Metcalfe
commented: “There is no reason why Britain shouldn’t aim for this standard. We
already have the fastest growing economy in Western Europe and whilst there is
still a great deal of work to be done, I am confident that the Government’s
commitment to creating jobs and cutting taxes will see our economy go from
strength to strength.”
