Tory plans to cut 'further and faster' would wreck recovery and roll back Labour's many successes.

We were at the stage where in a very short period of time, one of the world's biggest banks would have to shut the door and switch off the electricity.

As I said, there are two approaches-first, a strong economy, stability and helping families or, secondly, the Tory cuts, the undermining of stability, and a return to the boom and bust of the 1990s.

The economic times we are facing... are arguably the worst they've been in 60 years. And I think it's going to be more profound and long-lasting than people thought.

We can't be in the business of carting fresh air around the country.

The question is not whether Scotland can survive as a separate state. Of course it could.

On top of that, we have a healthy and stable economy and an end to the boom and bust that characterised the Tory years.