Tories call 0.3% GDP growth figures 'disappointing'

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Shadow Chancellor Sir Mel Stride reacts to the latest GDP figures from the Office for National Statistics, saying the government's decision to hike taxes for businesses is "at the core of why we're seeing these disappointing figures".    Report by Kennedyl. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn

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00:00Over the quarter, actually, that figure is less dramatic in terms of growth, just 0.1%.

00:05It comes off the back of a complete flatlining of the economy in the previous figures.

00:10And this is because of the Chancellor's choices.

00:13She's chosen not to grit public spending, particularly the benefits bill,

00:16but instead to put up taxes on hardworking people and businesses.

00:21And that is at the core as to why we're seeing these disappointing figures.

00:25And, of course, it matters to people's living standards right up and down the country.

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