@Peston@YouTube God could you be any more fawning to Andy Burnham. You used to give aggressive grief to Tory and Reform politicians previously. Your true colours come out so clearly. Bring us a non biased journalist like Andrew Neil #laboursympathiser
@Heidi_Labour Are all Labour spokespeople automatons? You all churn out the same word salad on the economy.
Your statement about NATS was wish washy and does nothing to help us who have been affected by this weeks issue
@gmb
@Heidi_Labour@NATS Rather than assurances make someone responsible and show such incompetence will not be tolerated
We have a 3rd world system with little safeguards over issues
We are stuck in Turkey for 2 extra days due to easyJet flight cancellation
Extra costs which we will not get back
@gmb Please no more 6th form economics from Faisa. It is mind numbing her lack of understanding. Realise adults are away for half term but she is hopeless
Some corrections:
You inherited 2% inflation. It doubled in 12 months after you became Chancellor. It is still 50% above the rate you inherited and 50% above target. It should fall to target 2% this summer. So two years to get back to where you started! What’s to boast about that?
Interest rates have been falling everywhere. UK cuts, which you don’t control, have been fewer and smaller because of your inflation record. We still have highest interest rate in G7. The Bank has made some cuts for the simple reason the economy is flat on its back. Well done.
Borrowing is slowly falling from a very high base. Almost six years after the pandemic-induced recession, we’re still borrowing around 4% GDP. And borrowing costs are the highest in the G7.
Retail sales are up in recent months. We’ll see how long that’s sustained. But the hospitality and construction industries are in crisis. Plus our massive services sector is stagnant.
UK fastest G7 economy? That’s simply a bare-faced lie. We grew by 0.1% in Q3 2025; and another 0.1% in Q4. End of.