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Credit: Reuters/Jeff Overs/BBC/Handout NOT FOR USE BY REUTERS THIRD PARTY DISTRIBUTORS LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's finance minister Alistair Darling promised on Sunday no giveaways in this week's budget, seeking to present his ruling Labour Party as a safe pair of hands on the economy as an election nears. World With opinion polls indicating no clear winner when Britons vote in an election expected on May 6, Labour and the opposition Conservatives want to show they are best placed to deal with the key issue -- Britain's record budget deficit. Markets have speculated Labour, trailing in the polls, would be tempted to splash some cash in Wednesday's budget to woo voters because full-year government borrowing could undershoot forecasts by as much as 10 billion pounds ($15.20 billion). But Darling ruled out election sweeteners, saying he wanted a budget focused on future growth and jobs. "There's no question of giveaways," Darling said in an interview with BBC television. "I think the mood of people just now is they want to see a sensible, workmanlike budget, a budget for the times in which we live." Britain is borrowing about 170 billion pounds this year or 12 percent of gross domestic product -- comparable to crisis-hit Greece. The Conservatives want to start cutting the deficit this year, saying fast action was needed to reduce borrowing or Britain's coveted triple-A credit rating could be at risk. The party's Treasury spokesman Philip Hammond said the budget was likely to be little more than "window dressing." "We have got to make a start in 2010 because a plan that says we'll start next year is not a credible plan in the eyes of many observers," he told BBC TV. However, Labour's four-year plan to halve the budget deficit through a mixture of growth returning to the economy, higher taxes and lower spending appears to be playing well with voters, leading to improved ratings in opinion polls. 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