Prime Minister says UK growth figures ‘not good enough’

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has said that the astir caller maturation figures are “not bully enough” arsenic helium said helium wanted “better” results than those seen past week.

Numbers released past Friday by the Office for National Statistics showed that the UK system grew by 0.1% betwixt July and September, versus 0.5% maturation successful the erstwhile quarter.

The estimation was down economists’ predictions of 0.2% and covers the months up of the Budget successful October.

Labour had made maturation a cardinal portion of their transportation to the state during the summertime election.

Sir Keir was asked astir the maturation figures by journalists connected the mode to the G20 acme successful Brazil.

He said helium wants “better” maturation than the numbers demonstrated.

“We had the maturation figures connected Thursday and Friday. Look, they’re not bully enough, they’re not satisfactory – I privation to spell further than that,” helium said.

“That’s wherefore we’re moving truthful hard to get the concern we request into the country.

“But the archetypal measurement is to stabilise the economy.”

The Prime Minister added: “Do I privation amended maturation than we saw successful the fig connected Thursday and Friday?

“Yes, I do. I don’t deliberation that’s satisfactory and we volition beryllium making definite that fig improves.”

Within the figures released past week, the system was estimated to person contracted by 0.1% successful September, preceding the Government’s archetypal Budget.

Ben Jones, pb economist astatine the Confederation of British Industry (CBI), said uncertainty up of the Budget “probably played a large part”, aft firms reported a slowdown successful making spending decisions.

It comes aft Chancellor Rachel Reeves said that she was “not satisfied” with the figures.

“Improving economical maturation is astatine the bosom of everything I americium seeking to achieve, which is wherefore I americium not satisfied with these numbers,” she said past week.

Labour’s predetermination manifesto pledged to “kickstart economical growth”.

The papers pledged “to unafraid the highest sustained maturation successful the G7 – with bully jobs and productivity maturation successful each portion of the state making everyone, not conscionable a few, amended off.”