New figures out from the Office for National Statistics show 0.3% GDP growth between April and June this year. Services were up 0.4% and construction 1.2%, while production shrank by 0.3%. Down from a 0.7% growth in the last quarter…
GDP rose by 0.4% in June. Reeves says: “Today’s economic figures are positive with a strong start to the year and continued growth in the second quarter. But I know there is more to do to deliver an economy that works for working people – and rewards working people.” Meanwhile Shadow Chancellor Mel Stride warns of the “£50 billion black hole in the public finances”…
UPDATE: Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson says GDP growth is “a lower figure than we would want.”
Speaking to Adam Boulton on Times Radio about kicking the Golders Green suspect, Heidi Alexander said:
“I thought that if I was in the shoes of that police officer, then if I’m honest, given the situation, and the fact that he had a backpack on his back, and they were worried about whether that might go off, I could, if I was a police officer, frankly, I could see myself having taken similar action.”