GDP grew by 0.1% in the three months to November last year, according to new figures released by the Office for National Statistics. Crawling…
Services grew by 0.2% while production fell by 0.1% and construction contracted by 1.1%. The largest fall in nearly three years…
November alone saw growth of 0.3% and September’s figure has been revised higher. Shadow Business and Trade Secretary Andrew Griffith criticised the performance:
“These figures just confirm the UK is scraping along the bottom when it comes to growth. It’s hard for businesses to have the confidence we need in the face of tax rises, government U turns and the continued exodus of some of the best and brightest.”
Labour will be hoping 2026 can post stronger results…
Peter Mandelson has finally said sorry for believing Jeffrey Epstein over the paedophile’s victims. He told BBC Newsnight:
“Yesterday, I did not want to be held responsible for his crimes of which I was ignorant, not indifferent, because of the lies he told me and so many others. I was wrong to believe him following his conviction and to continue my association with him afterwards. I apologise unequivocally for doing so to the women and girls who suffered. I was never culpable or complicit in his crimes. Like everyone else I learned the actual truth about him after his death. But his victims did know what he was doing, their voices were not heard and I am sorry I was amongst those who believed him over them.”