Luke Pollard says the 0.1 percent growth in the UK economy is "pretty feeble". The shadow armed forces minister adds there has been "no stability" under the Conservatives and that Labour would "motor the economy" and "create growth in every single part of the United Kingdom". But Chancellor Jeremy Hunt says the latest ONS figures are "proof" the country is "turning a corner". Report by Brooksl. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
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00:00 a pretty feeble growth level and what we've seen is low and stagnant and negative growth over the
00:05 last 14 years. If we're to get Britain back on its feet, if we're to give it the fresh start
00:11 that our public services need, we're going to need to have a greater level of economic growth
00:16 and importantly greater economic stability as well. There has been no stability with the
00:21 Conservatives, especially since they crashed the economy under Liz's trust. That's why as a party
00:27 Rachel Reeves and Keir Starmer have set out our policies to create more jobs, to motor the economy,
00:32 to create growth in every single part of the United Kingdom and from that growth comes the
00:37 additional tax revenues that enables us to invest in the public services that so desperately need it.