New figures out from the Office for National Statistics show 0.7 GDP growth from January to March this year. Services were up 0.7% and production 1.1%, while construction was flat. Follows 0.1% growth in the last quarter…
GDP is forecast to have grown 0.2% in March. Reeves said the figures show the “strength and potential of the UK economy.” Pre-April’s tax horror week…
Speaking at his speech on how to achieve “progressive capitalism” Wes Streeting fired a dig and Andy Burnham:
“Bond markets are not bond villains and fiscal rules matter.”