Lib Dems: Budget taxes drove 'disappointing' economy figures

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Liberal Democrat leader Sir Ed Davey says that the Government's "worrying" Budget taxes drove today's "disappointing" figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS), which shows the economy shrank by 0.1% to the three months up to October.   Report by Keechl. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn

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00:00Well it's very disappointing news and on the back of a very worrying budget where

00:04the government is taxing everybody I think people are going to Christmas you

00:09know quite anxious about the cost of living crisis and their families and

00:13what Liberal Democrats are saying to the government look you've got to be

00:16helping people helping our high streets and hospitality sectors that's why you

00:20propose a cut in VAT of 5% but also changing economic policy getting our

00:25economy growing again so we can end the cost of living crisis that's why

00:28Liberal Democrats have said let's have a new trade deal with the EU we've lost

00:32billions of pounds because of the Conservatives failed Brexit let's have a

00:36new customs union with the EU and that's the way to start helping people with

00:41their bills

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