John Healey: “I want to be the chancellor that gets things done and I want to see growth driven from more places across the UK.”

We simply can’t deal with the problems we face as a country by maxing out the country’s credit card.

Britain faces these global pressures from a position of relative strength, the fastest growth in the G7 advanced nations in the first half of this year, the deficit being cut faster than in any other G7 country,

We’ll be watching closely for any suggestions that customers are being taken for a ride at the pump or the till.

It’s part of a more dangerous world that is more uncertain and it’s one of the challenges we have to meet in this country, but have to meet with other [countries].