Bridget Phillipson Labour Member of Parliament for Houghton and Sunderland South
A decade of Conservative failure has given us a high-tax, low-growth economy.
This morning’s GDP figures confirm that the economic recovery is slowing and risks grinding to a halt.
We need urgent action to keep the economy moving and support households as we head into the winter, as prices rise and as the cost of living crisis continues to escalate.
The Budget showed that the government is trapping us in a cycle of high taxes and is risking our recovery by the not growing out economy.
Labour will tax fairly, spend wisely and, after a decade of faltering growth, we’ll get Britain’s economy firing again with our plan to buy, make and sell more in Britain.