John Healey: “Despite conflicts in the Middle East and Europe hitting people across the world, today's figures offer more proof of…”

But Britain’s economy is showing strong international resilience in the face of these challenges: we’re forecast to be the joint second fastest-growing G7 nation in 2026 and have the lowest deficit in the G7 by 2031.

It's a sign of resilience in the UK economy that some had not expected

We will meet those fiscal rules, and I think one of the hallmarks of the IMF’s backing of our fiscal plans is recognition that there isn’t just a forecast for the future, but there’s some evidence of performance already.

I’m working on different ways we can step up support for Ukraine: military, diplomatic and economic, and you know, if anybody needed any reminder of that, it’s what we see coming out of Ukraine, with [Vladimir] Putin targeting these energy…