Economy Update

Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at 2:20 pm on 16 June 2021.

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Photo of Rachel Reeves Rachel Reeves Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer 2:20, 16 June 2021

Not just “hopeless”. People have given up so much over the last year. We have pulled together and shown the best of our country. People have done everything that was asked of them and much, much more. We should not be in this position today. Businesses and workers do not deserve to have the rug pulled from under their feet at the eleventh hour. We want to see businesses make it through the pandemic and thrive again, because they are an important part of what makes our country so great and they are essential for our economic recovery. We need them and they need us today. That is why the economic support we have should match the health restrictions that are still in place, and that is what the Government have failed to deliver today.