Brown: Labour is party of middle classes

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The Prime Minister said the Opposition planned to slash services for all but the poorest and would force the "mainstream majority" to pay for tax cuts for the super-rich.

He conceded that Labour would have to cut public spending but said the way out of recession was to "unleash a wave of social mobility" not seen in this country for more than six decades.

In what was his first major campaign speech of election year, Mr Brown brushed aside suggestions he was set to fight a "class war" against David Cameron's party.

Hailing his own middle class upbringing, he said the party would continue to campaign as "New Labour" and not shift leftwards in a bid to secure a fourth term.

Addressing the Fabian Society conference in London, he said: "It is quite clear that our opponents do not understand the needs and worries of middle income Britain, because they have rejected the very economic policy that is the key to creating the middle class jobs of the