LONDON - A government five point action plan for cutting dole queues across Europe was being presented to Britain's EU partners in Luxembourg last night.
The Chancellor, Mr Gordon Brown, was handing out copies of his new jobs drive to fellow finance ministers over dinner in an attempt to steer European economic and social policy away from more rules and regulations and on to the UK's flexible labour market and welfare state agenda.
The plan is the first firm initiative to emerge since the Prime Minister, Mr Tony Blair, entered the European stage in Noordwijk last month insisting job creation should be Europe's top priority.