Clegg: Brown must turn G20 deal into real help for Britain

9.37.00am BST (GMT +0100) Sun 5th Apr 2009

Nick Clegg has called on Gordon Brown to turn the G20 deal into real help for British people

Commenting on the G20 summit, Nick Clegg said: "Gordon Brown has clearly passed the test as a host to the world. He must now prove that he can turn this deal into real help for British people."

"To close the gap between his rhetoric and lack of real action Gordon Brown must urgently close the massive loopholes in the British tax system and force British banks that are owned by the taxpayer to finally start lending to British businesses.

"He must also agree to cancel his wasteful £12.5bn VAT cut which has not created a single job and use the money to create the thousands of new jobs and thousands of new homes this country so desperately needs.

"Families who are bearing the brunt of this recession will be unforgiving of the G20 leaders if their promises do not translate into real help."