It is the most dismal start to any Chancellor’s time in office of recent years – and it’s only going to get worse from here

Entry-level opportunities have plunged as Reeves’s tax raid hammers hospitality and retail

It is the most dismal start to any Chancellor’s time in office of recent years – and it’s only going to get worse from here

Output grew only 0.3 per cent between April and June - a sharp slowdown on the previous three-month period when the economy expanded by 0.7 per cent.