TORY Chancellor Jeremy Hunt is “asleep at the wheel while our economy is going nowhere,” the TUC warned today after new figures showed no end in sight for Britain’s stagnant growth.

Good weather in June led to a surprise 0.5 per cent boost to gross domestic product (GDP), according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS), but the second quarter of the year saw economic growth of just 0.2 per cent overall. 

The lacklustre performance followed growth rates of just 0.1 per cent in the first three months of 2023, as the country continues to struggle with the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, war in Europe and more than a decade of government-enforced austerity.