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HANSARDGovernment BorrowingI agree that we need to get a grip of the welfare budget, which got out of control under the previous Conservative Government. Frankly, I am not going to take lectures from the…04 Mar 2025HANSARDAutumn Budget 2024: Business ConfidenceEconomic stability and growth are vital to help businesses across the UK to grow. The Lloyds business barometer published last week showed business confidence up 12 points,…04 Mar 2025HANSARDEconomic Growth: East MidlandsI thank my hon. Friend for the work that she does alongside my hon. Friend the Member for Chesterfield in campaigning for developments that will boost growth in both North East…04 Mar 2025HANSARDEconomic Growth: East MidlandsThe National Wealth Fund is doing important work in enabling us to leverage in private sector investment. The most recent of those investments include mining in Cornwall and…04 Mar 2025HANSARDEconomic Growth: East MidlandsIn the Budget in October I had to fill the £22 billion black hole left by the previous Government, but there are huge opportunities to grow the economy in the east midlands. We…04 Mar 2025HANSARDGovernment BorrowingIn the autumn I took the decisions to put our public finances back on a firm footing. The most recent GDP data showed that the economy grew by 0.4% in the final month of last…04 Mar 2025HANSARDEconomic Growth: East MidlandsAs my hon. Friend says, defence has an important role to play in the growth mission as well as keeping our country safe and secure, and on Friday the Defence Secretary and I…04 Mar 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsIt is absolutely right that we increased and stepped up the sanctions last week. Also, under the loan agreement we made with Ukraine last week, the loan will be repaid with the…04 Mar 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsI very much agree with the right hon. Gentleman. This is why I met my fellow European Finance Ministers in Cape Town at the G20 last week. All of Europe needs to step up. The…04 Mar 2025HANSARDEconomic Growth: East MidlandsEconomic growth is the No. 1 mission of this Government. Putting more money in people’s pockets and ensuring growth is felt in all regions of the UK is a core part of our mission.…04 Mar 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsI thank the right hon. Gentleman for his words about this Government stepping up the funding for defence. Last week, we expanded sanctions on Russia, including by looking at…04 Mar 2025HANSARDUkraineThree years on from the onset of the war in Ukraine, the Government remain steadfast in their support for Ukraine. The UK’s total military, budgetary and humanitarian support now…03 Mar 2025HANSARDCharter for Budget ResponsibilityToday I have laid before Parliament the charter for budget responsibility. The charter sets out the new fiscal framework announced at autumn Budget 2024. The new fiscal rules will…22 Jan 2025HANSARDEconomic GrowthIt is great to see two strong advocates for Stoke in the Chamber today. A number of local authorities and, indeed, Labour mayors have raised with me bus procurement and the…21 Jan 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsI thank my hon. Friend for that question. I know she studies closely the work of Professor Michael Marmot on life expectancy and the impact of health inequalities on our country.…21 Jan 2025HANSARDServicing Government DebtI do not think the borrowing costs in every major country in the world can be explained by the decisions made by this Government. As I said to the hon. Member for Hinckley and…21 Jan 2025HANSARDServicing Government DebtAfter 14 years of stagnant growth and the decline in living standards during the last Parliament, my hon. Friend is absolutely right that we must turn around that performance.…21 Jan 2025HANSARDServicing Government DebtThe headroom in our Budget was larger than the headroom that we inherited from the previous Government, so we have put aside more money for changes in economic prospects. The OBR…21 Jan 2025HANSARDServicing Government DebtLabour and Liberal Democrat Members are mindful of the last Government’s impact on mortgage borrowing costs for many of our constituents, and we are determined to tackle the cost…21 Jan 2025HANSARDEconomic GrowthThe Government are better targeting these reliefs to make them fairer. The latest figures for 2021-22 show that the top 7% of claims are counted for 40% of the total value of…21 Jan 2025