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Laugh-a-minute Tory PM ‘wants full employment’
‘Chicken’ Cameron chased by feathered loon over TV debates

DAVID CAMERON faced ridicule yesterday after claiming his aim was “full employment” despite overseeing a million public-sector job losses and the longest decline in wages since the 1800s.

The Prime Minister breezed over a five-year reign of swingeing cuts and low pay to declare: “I hope people will stick with this plan.”

At a pre-election rally in Suffolk the Tory leader set out his party’s economic agenda, pledging to cut regulation on businesses, keep “job taxes” low and punish those on ­welfare by slashing the current £500-a-week benefit cap.

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