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Ministers should stop wasting their time – and their hefty mandate – trying to make failed Tory policies workRachel Reeves had some sobering news last week about the UK economy and how much it grew in July. The message from the Office for National Statistics was that it didn’t. And that it flatlined in the previous month as well.Zero growth over a two-month period is never a reason for panic. What it does indicate though is that the economic inheritance left by Rishi Sunak lacks the momentum claimed by the former Conservative administration. Continue reading…
Ministers should stop wasting their time – and their hefty mandate – trying to make failed Tory policies work
Rachel Reeves had some sobering news last week about the UK economy and how much it grew in July. The message from the Office for National Statistics was that it didn’t. And that it flatlined in the previous month as well.
Zero growth over a two-month period is never a reason for panic. What it does indicate though is that the economic inheritance left by Rishi Sunak lacks the momentum claimed by the former Conservative administration.
