Economic Growth

Part of Treasury – in the House of Commons at on 21 January 2025.

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Photo of Harriett Baldwin Harriett Baldwin Shadow Minister (Business and Trade)

Former Chair, Mr Speaker, but thank you very much for calling me.

It is clear that we all want to see economic growth in rural areas and across the UK, but I am concerned that some of the measures in the Chancellor’s Budget are having the opposite effect. Which statistic worries her most: the fact that we are at a 20-year high for business closures, or the 100% increase in millionaires leaving the UK?