'Jobs for all' pledge in poll hustings

Published on Friday 6 November 2009 21:45

THE Prime Minister said he wanted to create an economy with "jobs for all" as he campaigned in Glasgow yesterday.

Gordon Brown was visiting the Glasgow North East constituency to support the Labour candidate Willie Bain.

"I want to see a situation where, not only do we give you new opportunities in education, but we create an economy where there are jobs for all," Mr Brown said on a tour of the Langside College of Further Education.

Mr Brown also attacked the SNP government's decision to axe the Glasgow Airport Rail Link describing it as "inexplicable, wrong, and shortsighted".

His wife, Sarah, has been campaigning in the seat vacated by the former Commons speaker Michael Martin.

The SNP's David Kerr focused on education. With education secretary Fiona Hyslop, Mr Kerr visited the John Wheatley College in the constituency.

He said: "When it comes to education, Labour have their priorities all wrong.

"Despite a record settlement from the SNP government, the Labour Council has closed five primary schools in Glasgow North East against the wishes of parents, slashed teacher numbers and increased class sizes."

Conservative candidate Ruth Davidson said in her campaigning: "Labour is now the party of unemployment."

Former Liberal Democrat leader Charles Kennedy was in Glasgow with candidate Eileen Baxendale, who said Labour's recession was damaging business.