Election 2010: Brown talks up importance of 'first post-crisis vote'

Launching the Labour Party Manifesto 2010 this morning in Birmingham, Brown said as the 11 September terrorist attacks changed the world's view on national security, the financial crisis changed the economy. "This is the first post-crisis vote and it's the most important in a generation," he said. "We must get the big decisions right now." Brown said his party's priority was to ensure the recovery and then secure a "different, fairer recovery. "You, the British people, will be better off," he said. A freeze on income tax forms a central tenet of the manifesto but, when pressed dur...