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Brown to take fight to ‘middle England’

By George Parker, Political Editor

Published: September 28 2009 22:36 | Last updated: September 29 2009 00:02

Gordon Brown takes his “fightback” to the streets of middle England on Tuesday, with a crucial Labour conference speech aimed at challenging the Tories on crime and family breakdown.

The prime minister spent hours on Monday night agonising over whether to include in his speech a decision to take part in a US-style television debate with rival party leaders David Cameron and Nick Clegg. However, he is understood to have put that annoucnement on hold.

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