Kevin Schofield is HuffPost UK's political editor and is based at Westminster. He has been a political journalist for more than 20 years, and in that time has worked for the Press Association, The Scotsman, The Herald, Daily Record, The Sun and PoliticsHome.
Jonathan Reynolds and Kay Burley TheIt was the first growth in three months, but was lower than the 0.2% that economists expected.this morning, Burley asked business secretary Jonathan Reynolds: “What do you think of today’s GDP figures? Not as good as expected.”Laughing, the presenter hit back: “0.1%. It couldn’t grow any less.”
Responding to the ONS figures, chancellor Rachel Reeves said: “I am determined to go further and faster to kickstart economic growth, which is the number one priority in our plan for change. But shadow chancellor Mel Stride said: “Labour inherited the fastest growing economy in the G7, now we are stagnating. They are killing investment and jobs.
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