Next Indian Elections

“There was certainly a lot of goodwill towards this government going into July 2024 and the general election, but that was pretty quickly crushed.”

Though Rachel Reeves can claim to have made a “difference positively” on areas like the budget balance and inflation, the increase in employer national insurance means the “job market has stalled”, says chief economist at Panmure Liberum Simon French.

Simon French was speaking to Jane Garvey and Fi Glover on Times Radio. Listen every Monday to Thursday, 2-4pm.

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