The shadow paymaster general has criticised Sir Keir Starmer for not making a trade deal with the US sooner. Richard Holden also criticised the government’s National Insurance increase, citing its impact on the economy and employment.
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00:00I think it's really important that the UK does get new agreements with countries across the world.
00:05We can only do that because we are outside of the EU trading bloc.
00:10I think it's important we go and get as many deals around the world as we can as quickly as possible.
00:16Let's see what's happening.
00:17The only thing I know for certain is that we could have had a deal sooner
00:21if Keir Starmer had started negotiations as soon as Donald Trump was elected,
00:25rather than waiting until March this year when he went over to start those negotiations.
00:30I think that we should be doing everything we can to grow the economy.
00:34We've seen the impact that Labour's national insurance tax has had on employment.
00:38We've seen also the impact it's had on our public sector as well, who are now having to reduce services too.
00:44I think there's real concerns there about growth and unemployment,
00:48and I want to see the government do everything that it can to get growth going again.