Daisy Cooper: “The government needs to do much more to bring down energy bills and get our sluggish economy growing again.”

The new Chancellor needs to turn things around, and fast. The economy is stuck in the slow lane while job seekers and families pay the price.

Healey now needs to urgently tackle unemployment, by scrapping Rachel Reeves' unfair jobs tax that is stifling businesses and slamming the door shut on job opportunities.

The rules on declaring interests in debates are there for good reason but the bigger picture here is that (Nigel) Farage and Reform UK are still under investigation for receiving an undeclared £5m donation from a bitcoin billionaire.

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.