John Healey: “This measure is funded this year from cancelling the Digital ID programme, and it will help bring down inflation while…”

This is not sentimentality, it’s supply side economics.

Whether it is the cost of business or the cost of living, the only way we deal with these in the long term is growth.

If I respond to speculation now, that will only fuel more speculation, and it's quite right.

I want to see wealth creation in this country. I want to see businesses make a profit… (and) we need an active, accountable state at all levels to remove blockages and create the conditions for more investment.