00:00 Well, the first thing is always talk to your supplier, but there is a significant support
00:06 that the government's providing to the most vulnerable. So as energy prices have fallen
00:11 and on the back of the very significant amount of support that we have put in generally over
00:16 the last two years, £3,300 per household on average, what this year's approach is to
00:23 target that much more to the vulnerable, payments of up to £900 to help with their bills.
00:29 And on top of that, there's the Household Support Fund, which is given to local councils
00:34 to help those in particular need. The figures from the ONS this morning are another positive
00:40 upgrade for the UK economy. They show that we're now growing faster than France and Germany
00:46 since the pandemic, and they prove the naysayers wrong. The UK economy has proven resilient.
00:53 There is more work to do. Our focus remains on bearing down on inflation, making the tough
00:58 choices that we need to do that because that's an invidious tax on every household. And also
01:04 by reducing inflation, that's the first way that we can reduce interest rates to help people with
01:09 their cost of borrowing. But it is good news. It shows that our plan is working and we need to
01:15 stick to that plan. Well, the government's doing a huge amount to level up, whether it's supporting
01:21 the UK Infrastructure Bank, which has a specific objective to deploy money on infrastructure to
01:28 level up the country and to help the transition to a clean, low-carbon economy, whether it's
01:33 support for the towns funds, whether it's investment zones and free ports. There is a
01:38 great deal that's going on for levelling up, but government completely serious about making sure
01:43 that everybody, wherever they live in this country, has the best opportunities that we have
01:48 an economy, the benefits of which are spread across all parts of the United Kingdom. And no one should
01:53 be in any doubt about the commitment to do that. Of course, it's right to look at any major project.
01:59 If there are overspends to look at choices around phasing and when the analysis is done,
02:04 when the decisions are made, of course, it's right that it's then communicated.
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