BBCNEWS BBC News at One June 4, 2024 13:15:00
To be the tightest squeeze on living standards since the 19a0s, they are still 8.9% down on pre—pandemic levels. these figures confirm this is a very challenging economic situation here and across the world. it will get worse before it gets better. but we have a plan that will more than halve inflation over the next year and, if we stay the course, we can get back to the strong economic growth that we need. activity in manufacturing drop by 1.8% and the sector has now been in a slump since the summer of last year. figures also suggest the economy produced a% less electricity and gas in octob...