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Edition: U.S. Article Comments (1) Video Save Email Print Reprints Most Popular Most Shared UPDATE 2-'South Park' airs 'censored' episode after threat 22 Apr 2010 Potentially deadly fungus spreading in U.S. and Canada 22 Apr 2010 North Korea torpedoed South's navy ship: report 22 Apr 2010 Corrected: Global stocks rise on economic data, euro up | Video 11:11am EDT New home sales jump 26.9 percent in March 10:23am EDT Exclusive: WellPoint routinely targets breast cancer patients 22 Apr 2010 Wall Street gives much to lawmakers in reform debate 8:13am EDT Oil spill not growing, search for 11 continues | Video 10:33am EDT Greece presses aid button, markets still wary | Video 11:14am EDT UPDATE 1-Citi offers to buy back $1.1 billion in notes 8:33am EDT Exclusive: WellPoint routinely targets breast cancer patients 22 Apr 2010 Potentially deadly fungus spreading in U.S. and Canada 22 Apr 2010 North Korea torpedoed South's navy ship: report 22 Apr 2010 Biggest study on cellphone health effects launched 22 Apr 2010 Legalizing pot may kill buzz in California enclave 22 Apr 2010 Privacy chiefs keep watch over Facebook | Video 22 Apr 2010 WellPoint routinely targets breast cancer patients 22 Apr 2010 New home sales jump 26.9 percent in March 10:23am EDT Greece presses aid button, markets still wary | Video 11:14am EDT TEXT-Greek PM statement on activating EU/IMF aid 7:53am EDT UK parties clash over recovery after GDP data Mohammed Abbas LONDON Fri Apr 23, 2010 10:40am EDT Related News Markets look beyond UK hung parliament risk 6:58am EDT Highlights: Britain's second election TV debate 3:47am EDT Instant View: Britain's election leadership debate 3:47am EDT Nick Clegg echoes Obama in British debate 3:47am EDT Related Video UK election leaders' nuclear clash 5:30am EDT Britain's Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg listens to members of the Infant, Mother and Pre School group at the Community Church in Greenway during an election campaign visit to Bristol, western England April 22, 2010. The Liberal Democrats have doubled their projected vote share in Labour-held marginal constituencies but the swing comes mainly from voters who were previously not sure they would vote, a poll showed on Thursday. Credit: Reuters/Gareth Fuller/Pool LONDON (Reuters) - Desperate to avoid an inconclusive May 6 election, Britain's main parties seized on sluggish growth data on Friday to argue over the depth and timing of budget cuts. World Prime Minister Gordon Brown and Finance Minister Alistair Darling used lower-than-expected gross domestic product figures to reinforce their argument that it is too early to make cuts to tackle a record budget deficit. The main opposition Conservatives accused Brown of mismanaging an economy emerging from the worst recession since World War Two. They argue cuts must begin this year in order to maintain market confidence and to avoid a similar fate to that befalling Greece. Both the Conservatives and Labour want to avoid an inconclusive ballot in which no party wins outright, leading to a so-called hung parliament and coalition rule. The Conservatives say this would lead to delays in tackling Britain's budget deficit, now at more than 11 percent of GDP, and unnerve markets calling for decisive action. "If in a hung parliament you have to haggle and bicker ... I think there will be a real danger of endless delay and therefore a real danger that people will lose confidence in what is happening in the UK," Cameron told BBC radio. Cameron's party has led the polls over the past two years but that advantage has been whittled away in recent months, and Nick Clegg's assured performances in television debates between the party leaders has allowed his centrist Liberal Democrats to gain ground and increased the chance of a hung parliament. Darling said the official data showing that GDP growth slowed to 0.2 percent in the first quarter reinforced his view that Britain remained on track to grow 1-1.5 percent in 2010, but that meant holding off on deep budget cuts. Brown, finance minister before taking over as prime minister from Tony Blair in June 2007, drove home the message. "The dangers of the Conservative policy of cutting... 6,000 million pounds out of the economy, as they propose for an emergency budget in June, are as grave as they are ill-judged," he told reporters. The Conservatives are seeking to unseat Labour after 13 years in power, and finance spokesman George Osborne used the economic data to criticize Labour plans to raise a payrolls tax. "These figures are below expectations and they come in a week when unemployment went up again and the government borrowed more than ever before," he said. TV DEBATE The third and final leaders' TV debate next Thursday is to focus on the economy, and the three main players will be looking to land a decisive blow after the instant polls showed stalemate after Thursday's debate on foreign policy. Three polls had Clegg ahead, slightly pegged back from his strong showing last week, while two had Cameron leading. Polls indicate no one party will muster a majority, a rarity in British politics and a situation that could leave the Lib Dems holding the balance of power. Markets have been wary of political deadlock complicating efforts to cut the deficit. However, the consensus is shifting to a view that an inconclusive election is not such a bad thing if a government can be formed quickly and a budget passed. Ratings agency Moody's said on Friday a hung parliament would not necessarily hurt the country's top-notch credit rating given the political consensus on the need to cut the deficit. "The three main parties broadly agree on the desirability of fiscal consolidation on a scale that, if implemented strictly over the course of the next parliament, would be consistent with the government maintaining its Moody's AAA rating," said Arnaud Mares, Moody's lead UK analyst. World Comments See All Comments (1) | Post Comment Apr 23, 2010 10:38am EDT Brown is perjuring himself again to get elected. He is doing what all Labour leaders do, which is bribe the people dependent on state handouts by scaring them with talks of cuts that he won’t make but others will. Only after the election will he reveal his true agenda and implement the cuts he lambasts his opponents for saying they will make. Brown and co don’t care about the country they just want power. They are a bunch of corrupt criminals who should be shot at dawn. MagAodh Report As Abusive See All Comments (1) Add a Comment *We welcome comments that advance the story directly or with relevant tangential information. 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