Daisy Cooper: “The new Chancellor needs to turn things around, and fast. The economy is stuck in the slow lane while job seekers and…”

As Ed said at conference we are in the fight of our lives against the right who want to turn our country into their version of Trump’s America.

Today's borrowing figures also show the huge pressure on our public finances. The only real answer is to boost growth, and protect our economy from the global shocks it faces, like Trump's illegal Iran war.

The government needs to do much more to bring down energy bills and get our sluggish economy growing again.

After Labour's two anti-growth budgets, Burnham needs to urgently get a grip on the economy and get Britain growing again, supercharging economic growth through a new trade deal with the EU, including joining the Single Market.