GDP Figures - Anneliese Dodds responds

Anneliese Dodds MP, Labour’s Shadow Chancellor, responding to GDP figures, said:

"These figures are deeply worrying. They come a day after the OECD suggested that the UK's fall in GDP for this year will be worse than that of every other industrialised country. 

"As a constructive opposition, Labour has been pushing the Government to take the action that is needed now to prevent an even deeper recession. That means above all getting a grip on test, track and isolate, so that people can safely return to work and consumers can have confidence in entering businesses. It also means changing its one-size-fits-all approach to support packages, which risk additional waves of unemployment."

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Notes to Editors 

·       Calamitous GDP figures show UK economy has fallen off a cliff https://www.theguardian.com/business/2020/jun/12/calamitous-gdp-figures-show-uk-economy-has-fallen-off-a-cliff