Cameron: Wealth creators not dirty words

Laura Miller
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'Wealth creators' are not dirty words and Britain must get behind its entrepreneurs, the Prime Minister says.

Speaking at the closing day of the Conservative Party conference, David Cameron said Britain is "out of the dangerzone" economically. But he warned of further cuts in the public sector as the government sets about cutting departmental budgets by 25% in four years, and said Britain must look to the private sector to to sustain the recovery. Britain must act to build a more entrepreneurial society, he told delegates. "Britain needs more wealth creators, and those are not dirty words. I admire people who strike out on their own with a small business." Cameron criticised banks for f...

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