STEPHEN Flynn has told the Prime Minister to “get off his backside” and fix rising prices and mortgage rates.
The Office for National statistics estimates the UK economy to have grown by just 0.5% in June this year.
Drawing attention to the anniversary of Liz Truss becoming prime minister, Flynn said: “The public needs no reminding that today marks a year since the Prime Minister’s predecessor took office.READ MORE:“But when we look at unemployment figures, they’re higher. When we look at food prices, they’re higher. When we look at mortgage rates, they’re higher. And economic growth, it’s stagnant.
“So can I ask the Prime Minister when is he going to get off his backside and do something about it?”who used the colourful phrase to urge headteachers in England to provide information to the Government on collapse-risk concrete in schools. Sunak replied: “What [Flynn] failed to point out is that the amount of times I’ve sat across the despatches from him and his colleagues and heard how, somehow, we were a laggard when it comes to growth…
“What he didn’t do is take the opportunity to correct the record today, now that the figures have been published which demonstrate in fact we had the fastest recovery out of any European economy after Covid.”
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