David Cameron: 'I'll work the hardest to secure victory'

 

David Cameron has promised to work "the hardest I've ever worked in my life" to secure a Conservative victory on 7 May.

He made the pledge after 5,000 small businesses signed a letter calling for the Conservatives to be "given the chance to finish what they started".
Printed in the Daily Telegraph, it says the coalition has kept the UK "open for business" by keeping interest rates and inflation low and tackling the deficit.
Labour says the Tories "let down" small firms by failing to boost finance.
Business spokesman Chuka Umunna said the government had overseen an increase in business rates of around £1,500 and Labour would cut - then freeze - the rates.


But speaking to an audience of small business leaders in north London, David Cameron said the small business community was the "magic ingredient" and "the backbone of our economy".
He said he wanted success on 7 May "for the small business that works round the clock to build something, employ people and make a success... for those who go out and work hard to get that security for their family, to make the most of their lives."
He added: "If you think I'm going to roll over in the next 10 days and let Ed Miliband and Alex Salmond wreck that, you've got another think coming.
"We've got a fight on our hands and I'm going to win that fight."
Mr Cameron reiterated promises to keep taxes low, cut red tape, treble the number of start-up loans and invest in infrastructure like superfast broadband, arguing there were too many "non-spots" where people had no access at all.