CITY AM – Tis but a sprain
Jeremy Hunt: UK economy has a ‘sprain’ – but it’s not as bad as a broken leg
CITY AM SAYS Jeremy Hunt has denied the UK economy has a “broken leg” but admitted it is suffering from a “sprained ankle.”
The Chancellor had the medical analogy put to him by an audience member at a Resolution Foundation conference in Westminster – but insisted Britain should “not lose our self-belief.”
In a nod to his years as health secretary, Hunt was described as the UK’s “chief surgeon” and asked, “to what degree does our economy actually have a broken leg?”
But disagreeing with the metaphor, he claimed the UK was “one of the world’s best and most brilliant countries at beating ourselves up.”
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