Gordon Brown�s bid to save his beleaguered premiership and stay in power beyond 2010 was rubbished by opposition parties as an uncosted ragbag of �rehashed initiatives�.

Gordon Brown's bid to save his beleaguered premiership and stay in power beyond 2010 was rubbished by opposition parties as an uncosted ragbag of "rehashed initiatives".

The draft Queen's Speech of 11 new Bills, together with a policy document, Building Britain's Future, set out the UK government's programme for the run-up to the General Election and will effectively form the basis of Labour's next manifesto. Apart from a nationwide initiative to get young people back into work, the thrust of the programme is centred on England, with plans on health, policing and housing.

No 10 denied it was Anglo-centric, saying: "Some significant elements of this are UK-wide. It is not a snub to Scotland."

The launch of the PM's attempt to stay in government was marred by three developments.

First, the OECD think-tank urged the government to be "more ambitious" in tackling its ballooning deficit, forecasting that next year debt as a proportion of national output would rise to 90% and unemployment would be near 10%.

Secondly, Lord Mandelson suggested the Comprehensive Spending Review would not take place until after the election. "I believe the Chancellor has made that judgment, yes," he said.

This led David Cameron to brand the Government programme a "re-launch without a price tag". However, a senior Treasury source responded: "The Chancellor makes the decisions no matter what Peter Mandelson says and no decisions have been made."

Thirdly, Mr Brown was accused by the Conservative leader of "bottling it" after Mandelson admitted the bid to part-privatise Royal Mail was likely to be delayed.

Last night, a poll gave a boost to the Tory leader as 31% of people said they trusted the Conservatives most to decide where to make public spending cuts compared to 21% for Labour and 14% for the Liberal Democrats.