More nonsense from Hunt: we’re not better-off than foreign countries
Jeremy Hunt and Rishi Sunak: the prime minister seems to be telling his Chancellor, “Good one about us compared with Germany, Italy and France. Tell them another!”
Jeremy Hunt padded his Budget statement with a lot of feel-good nonsense that would be better-placed in a work of fiction than in an official government statement.
One of these was that the UK economy has grown faster since 2010 than those of Germany, France and Italy.
This might be claimed at a national level – but it falls down when one examines the economic benefits per person.
According to BBC Political Editor Chris Mason,
Labour folk get in touch to say it is rather different if you look at GDP per capita – the size of the economy per person; how well off, on average, we each feel.
Labour say on that measure the UK has lower stats than Germany, France and Italy.
So – as far as you are concerned – he was lying, because you are not better-off than people from those other countries, in relation to your living standards in 2010.
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