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MINISTERS must not choke off Britain’s stalled economic recovery, the TUC, opposition leaders — and some Tories — warned today.
As official figures revealed a 0.1 per cent rise in gross domestic product (GDP) in July — just 10 per cent of the previous month’s increase — the union confederation urged the government not to stress the economy further by going ahead with its £20 cut to universal credit (UC).
Labour accused ministers of holding the recovery back by adding 1.25 percentage points to national insurance contributions — a 10 per cent increase in the rate — and imposing the “devastating” UC cut.
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