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Latest political news: Chancellor Rachel Reeves ‘not satisfied’ as data shows growth slowed over summer; Health Secretary Wes Streeting criticized for comments on assisted dying | Political news
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Latest political news: Chancellor Rachel Reeves ‘not satisfied’ as data shows growth slowed over summer; Health Secretary Wes Streeting criticized for comments on assisted dying | Political news

Good morning!

Welcome to the Politics Hub this Friday, November 15.

It is a key day for the government, with the publication at 7 a.m. of economic growth figures for the third quarter.

This is data from the first three months of Labour’s term, and although the Budget and accompanying tax changes were only announced a few weeks ago, the Chancellor will want the figures to look good.

Speaking about the Chancellor, Rachel Reeves criticized post-financial crash regulation, saying it had “gone too far” – setting the course for cutting red tape in her maiden speech to the most important gathering of financiers and chiefs of Great Britain.

But almost five years after Britain officially left the EU, Brexit remains the elephant in the room, and the governor of the Bank of England said it had “weighed” on British economy and that relations with the EU needed to be rebuilt.

What to discuss with the Chancellor, from whom we expect news today when the GDP figures are published. We’ll bring you full coverage right here in the Politics Hub.

Elsewhere, the Prime Minister will travel today to welcome investment allocated in the Budget to the aerospace industry, and will make his first visit to Wales since the Budget, which has one of the largest aerospace clusters in the world , employing more than 20,000 people.

If Sir Keir Starmer answers questions from the media, he will no doubt be asked about his Health Secretary’s rather surprising interventions into the assisted dying debate by ordering a review of the costs of the measure, warning that its implementation implementation could be to the detriment of other NHS Services.

Labor colleague Harriet Harman said Sky News election malfunction that Wes Streeting “crossed the line” by opposing physician-assisted dying in public and that the argument should not “come down to resources” (listen in full here).

Lib Dem leader Sir Ed Davey will address bus drivers today as he campaigns against the Government’s decision to lift the cap on bus fares from £2 to £3.

But no sign of new Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch today. Instead, we will have the pleasure of the company of his shadow chancellor Mel Stride on Sky News Breakfast at 8.15am.

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