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Reeves slammed for 'taking eye off ball' as UK economy up by just 0.1%
Britain’s sluggish economy stayed firmly “stuck in a rut” in the fourth quarter of 2025 when GDP advanced by just 0.1%.
The weaker than expected figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) suggest the damaging speculation during the long build-up to the late November Budget hit economic activity at the end of the year.
They will make bleak reading for Sir Keir Starmer and Chancellor Rachel Reeves who were elected to power in July 2024 promising to make growth Labour’s “first mission.”
It may be worth pointing out that GDP growth of 0.1% doesn't mean much in itself, but it is a reliable indication that Rachel from Accounts doesn't know what she is doing, neither does Starmer and neither does the Treasury. For all anyone knows, economic activity could have declined.
They should ask Jim Ratcliffe what the problem is, but everything we've seen suggests that Starmer isn't keen on people who know things, he's much more comfortable with people who don't.
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I guess Rachel from Accounts feels secure, not realising that she is the 'sacrifice of last resort' for Stumbler to throw under the bus.
DJ - maybe she feels secure because she knows Starmer is so absurdly intransigent that he'll refuse to admit he made a mistake in appointing her. As you say though, she is the 'sacrifice of last resort'.
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