Government Performance against Fiscal Rules

Debate between Darren Jones and Warinder Juss
Monday 7th July 2025

(5 days, 14 hours ago)

Commons Chamber
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Warinder Juss Portrait Warinder Juss (Wolverhampton West) (Lab)
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Does the Chief Secretary agree that this Government have had the courage to make the difficult but necessary decisions in an effort to ensure sound public finances and improve the economy, while the Opposition have hid behind their mistakes and have no credible economic plan of their own?

Darren Jones Portrait Darren Jones
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My hon. Friend knows that this Labour Government are committed to fiscal and political stability, because that is what matters for family finances and getting this country back on track after years of chaos under the Conservatives.

Public Finances: Borrowing Costs

Debate between Darren Jones and Warinder Juss
Thursday 9th January 2025

(6 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Warinder Juss Portrait Warinder Juss (Wolverhampton West) (Lab)
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This Labour Government have been in power for six months, and we are having to deal with 14 years of Conservative chaos. Does the Chief Secretary agree that the Government’s plan for change, which aims to provide a stable economy and raise living standards in every part of the United Kingdom, and has economic growth as the No. 1 mission, is the right approach to ensure that the United Kingdom can weather the global uncertainty that we face?

Darren Jones Portrait Darren Jones
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My hon. Friend is absolutely right. Let me set out the difference that the British people will experience. At the end of 14 years of Conservative Government, they had higher mortgages, higher bills, a higher cost of living and public services on their knees. At the end of this Labour Government, pointing towards the next general election, as set out in the Prime Minister’s plan for change, they will have more money in their pocket, public services will be functioning again, and they will be proud once again of their Government, and of the British economy.