Gordon Brown has set out his reasons for not calling an autumn election tonight - saying he wanted to be judged on "vision" not "competence" at dealing with crises.
The Prime Minister has told the BBC: "I will not be calling an election, and let me say why.
"Over the summer months we have had to deal with crises - we have had to deal with foot and mouth, terrorism, floods, financial crises.
"And yes we could have had an election based on competence, and I hope people would have understood that we acted competently.
"But what I want to do is show people the vision that we have for the future of this country in housing and health and education and I want the chance, in the next phase of my premiership, to develop and show people the policies that are going to make a huge difference and show the change in the country itself."
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