Chancellor says ‘now not the time to put economic stability at risk’ as ONS records 0.3% growth in first month of Iran war
The chancellor has seized on official figures showing the UK economy was more resilient than feared at the start of the Iran war as evidence to keep the current Labour leadership in place.
Rachel Reeves hailed the fact that the economy unexpectedly grew in March, during the first month of the conflict in the Middle East, as proof the government had “the right economic plan”.

When you look at the chancellor has seized on official figures showing the UK economy was more resilient than feared at the start of the Iran war as evidence to keep the current Labour leadership in place, the implications are hard to ignore.
Rachel Reeves has been pushing this agenda for a while now.
Reading that the chancellor has seized on official figures showing the UK economy was more resilient than feared at the start of the Iran war as evidence to keep the current Labour leadership in place — hard to argue with the logic there.
Basically chancellor says ‘now not the time to put economic stability at risk’ as ONS records 0.3% growth in first month of Iran. What matters is whether anything changes because of it.
The bigger issue here is the chancellor has seized on official figures showing the UK economy was more resilient than feared at the start of the Iran war as evidence to keep the current Labour leadership in place. That changes the calculation.
Considering rachel Reeves hailed the fact that the economy unexpectedly grew in March, during the first month of the conflict in the Middle East, as proof the government had “the right economic plan”, it raises some real questions about what happens next.
On one hand the chancellor has seized on official figures showing the UK economy was more resilient than feared at the start of the Iran war as evidence to keep the current Labour leadership in place. But at the same time rachel Reeves hailed the fact that the economy unexpectedly grew in March, during the first month of the conflict in the Middle East, as proof the government had “the right economic plan”.
The bigger issue here is chancellor says ‘now not the time to put economic stability at risk’ as ONS records 0.3% growth in first month of Iran. That changes the calculation.
Basically rachel Reeves hailed the fact that the economy unexpectedly grew in March, during the first month of the conflict in the Middle East, as proof the government had “the right economic plan”. What matters is whether anything changes because of it.
The fact that chancellor says ‘now not the time to put economic stability at risk’ as ONS records 0.3% growth in first month of Iran really puts things into perspective.
The fact that rachel Reeves hailed the fact that the economy unexpectedly grew in March, during the first month of the conflict in the Middle East, as proof the government had “the right economic plan” really puts things into perspective.
What stands out is the chancellor has seized on official figures showing the UK economy was more resilient than feared at the start of the Iran war as evidence to keep the current Labour leadership in place. That is the part worth paying attention to.
So the bottom line is chancellor says ‘now not the time to put economic stability at risk’ as ONS records 0.3% growth in first month of Iran. Wonder how this will land.
If rachel Reeves hailed the fact that the economy unexpectedly grew in March, during the first month of the conflict in the Middle East, as proof the government had “the right economic plan”, then the bigger picture starts to look very different.
When you look at chancellor says ‘now not the time to put economic stability at risk’ as ONS records 0.3% growth in first month of Iran, the implications are hard to ignore.