Reeves Seizes on Surprise UK Growth as Evidence Labour Leadership Must Stay The recent GDP figures have sent shockwaves through financial markets, with the Office for National Statistics announcing a 0.
3% growth rate in March, significantly beating economists' forecasts of contraction.
Chancellor Rachel Reeves has seized on this unexpected bounce to argue that the government's economic plan is working and that Labour should not risk destabilizing it by replacing Keir Starmer as prime minister.