Gordon Brown has pledged to create more jobs in Britain's inner cities.

Unveiling Labour's "inner city guarantee" on Saturday, the chancellor put the emphasis on enterprise, training, employment and regeneration.

Action to bring jobs and training to Britain's remaining areas of high unemployment will be a major theme of this summer's spending review, he said.

And Brown revealed that creating the conditions for full employment would be a "major theme" of Labour's manifesto for the next general election.

Speaking at an election campaign event in Fife, the chancellor hailed Labour's record in slashing unemployment in Britain's major cities.

But he said that there were thousands of unfilled vacancies across the UK.

"So to create jobs in the inner cities, we are creating an Inner City Guarantee, with our five point plan to refocus urban enterprise, training, employment and regeneration policies," he said.

"Further measures to bring jobs and training to Britain's remaining areas of high unemployment will be a major theme of this summer's spending review.

"And our radical manifesto for a third term will set out tough new reforms to move Britain closer still to full employment."

The five point plan includes the creation of "enterprise areas" to boost local regeneration, a £2 billion New Deal for Communities, a further £1.8 billion urban regeneration push, more help for the unemployed, and specific help for people from ethnic minorities.

Brown also said the Conservatives would scrap the New Deal, a move he condemned as "nothing short of vandalism".

Responding to the speech, the Liberal Democrats acknowledged that progress has been made in reducing official unemployment but called for a greater focus on the "hidden unemployed".

"Many of those removed from the official figures are now simply withdrawn from the labour market," said Treasury spokesman Vince Cable.

"Many people, often middle aged men, want to get back into employment but are unable to due to a lack of skills.

"It is these hidden unemployed that Gordon Brown should now be focussing on."