David Cameron has re-written part of his big Tory conference speech which appeared to call on households to pay off their credit card bills. The prime minister's aides insist the passage was due to "sloppy drafting" and the briefing of an unfinished speech to the media. Mr Cameron - who begins speaking at 1430 BST - will insist Britain's economy can be "turned round".

Labour says the PM is "rattled by the failure of his austerity plan". 'Can-do' attitude. The section of Mr Cameron's speech released to the media on Tuesday read: "The only way out of a debt crisis is to deal with your debts. That means households - all of us - paying off the credit card and store card bills."

He will now say: "The only way out of a debt crisis is to deal with your debts. That's why households - all of us - are paying off the credit card and store card bills". Newspaper headlines on Wednesday morning were dominated by Mr Cameron's call for the nation to pay off its credit card bills, following the briefing. BBC political editor Nick Robinson said it was easy to understand the "sensitivity" of appearing to tell people to stop spending at a time of austerity and falling consumer confidence.

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"It would not be just odd but, potentially, economically disastrous," he added. Mr Cameron will use his speech to call for optimism and a "can-do" spirit at the end of a conference overshadowed by the...Read more on this here-----> BBC News - Tory conference: Cameron rewrites credit card call