Brown binge 'means each UK child will owe £17,000'

My Account
Logout

Create an Evening Standard Account

Use your social network

Save time by using your existing account to sign in to Evening Standard

We'll never share your information or post anything to your account without your permission

Welcome! Sign in here

Use your social network

Save time by using your existing account to sign in to Evening Standard

We'll never share your information or post anything to your account without your permission

Forgot your password ?

Registration

* indicates fields that are mandatory

Email *

Password *

Confirm Password *

First name *

Surname *

Postcode *

Country *

Mobile phone number

Username *

Gender *

Year of birth *

When you sign up...

You will have access to all our online competitions, discounted offers and can post comments on our site.

You will also receive The Weekender newsletter sent every Thursday - it’s full of fantastic offers and ideas for the weekend. You can update your email preferences in your account page when you log in.

Other newsletters and emails

Homes & Property Newsletter - Yes I want to receive the weekly email with all the latest news on property in the capital

Occasionally we would also like to send you relevant emails detailing specific offers either from ourselves or carefully selected partners. If you would prefer not to receive these then please tick the appropriate boxes below. We will never pass on your details.

I do not want to receive additional offers and information from the Evening Standard

I do not want to receive additional offers and information sent by Evening Standard on behalf of carefully selected partners

Terms and Conditions

* I have read, understood and agree to be bound by the terms and conditions of Evening Standard

Registration

Mail Sent for Registration Confirmation.

A confirmation email has been sent. Please activate your account by clicking on the activation link sent in your mail box.

He was launching a hard-hitting poster campaign accusing the Prime Minister of saddling future generations with debts caused by high spending.

Some 270 posters will be put up across the country featuring a new-born baby, with the caption: "Mum's eyes. Dad's nose. Gordon Brown's debt."

State debt is due to rise above a trillion pounds in the next five years, according to official figures. Borrowing by the Government has soared during the economic crisis and is due to rise this year by £118 billion.

Unveiling the campaign, Mr Cameron was planning to claim that he could not, as a father, agree to so much debt being heaped on future generations.

"I'm a dad first and foremost and everything I do is about making sure my children have a better life," he will say. "And what guides me in my personal life guides me in my public life."

He will go on: "That's why I'm so adamant we must stop this Government from borrowing so much money.

"Every child born in Britain this year will be staggering along under Gordon Brown's debt - £17,000 each to be precise - which will take them over 40 years to pay off. I believe there is something morally repugnant about this Labour Government sacrificing tomorrow for the political convenience of today."

Mr Cameron will claim that for the first time in generations, parents are "looking at their children and questioning if they will have a better life than they themselves had".