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David Cameron rewrites conference speech after credit card gaffe

"David Cameron was today forced into a hasty rewrite of his speech to the Conservative conference after a key passage was interpreted as a call for the nation's households to pay off their credit card debts.

Early drafts of the speech circulated last night indicated that the Prime Minister would say that solving the debt crisis would require ''households - all of us - paying off the credit card and store card bills''.

The comment sparked concern among retailers and economists, with the British Retail Consortium warning that urging people to ''retrench'' was ''at odds with promoting growth''.