The UK’s statistics watchdog investigated an official’s claim in May that the economy was “going gangbusters”, which was later repeated by Rishi Sunak.
The ONS said on Thursday that it immediately clarified the comment at the time as a “passing reference” to the Australian PM’s remarks. “He said what he said about that and I think he used the term ‘gangbusters’, so I will leave it at that.” The ONS estimated that gross domestic product grew by 0.6% between January and March, meaning the economy recovered from a technical recession recorded in the final half of 2023.
On Wednesday, Labour said Mr Sunak was lying when he said in ITV’s televised debate with Sir Keir Starmer on Tuesday that the party would put up taxes by £2,000 per household, and when he said the figure was based on calculations from the civil service.
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