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Well, let's cross over straight away, shall we, to shadow paymaster general Richard Holden
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who joins us now. Good to see you this morning, Mr. Holden. I'm just taking a look at the
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FTSE 100 just opened down 2.3 percent today, and that follows Asian stock markets, which
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have been plummeting. Shockwaves from U.S. President Donald Trump's tariffs obviously continuing to have an effect. What do you make of all of this? You must be concerned
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I am very concerned. I think this is particularly for UK business on top of Labour's massive jobs tax increases, which are costing even our automotive sector alone 200 million pounds a year, kicking in yesterday, costing businesses in my constituency and right across the country
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You know, on top of that, these tariffs are really very unwelcome
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But, you know, we have to do what we can as a country to make the situation better at home
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And all we've seen from Labour so far is more hammering of business with both tax on one side and red tape on the other
