Labour responds to the Chancellor’s speech

Darren Jones MP, Labour’s Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury, responding to the Chancellor’s speech, said:

“Outside the hall, Liz Truss was back to tell the Tory Party and the country that she was right all along – despite crashing the British economy and costing UK householders billions.

“Jeremy Hunt had no big idea at all.

“Neither of them has a plan to take Britain forward or to help people with housing and the cost of living crisis.

“What we need to do is turn the page on 13 years of Tory failure, grow the economy and make sure the benefits are felt in every part of the country. That’s the plan Labour will be setting out at conference next week.”