Ex-Chancellor Hammond: Labour Must Push for More Migration

The ‘Cleverer than Thou’ former Chancellor has been touring media studios since the Spring Statement to set out his answer for growth – more inward migration. Treasury orthodoxy is dead, long live Treasury orthodoxy…

He says on Times Radio this morning:

“Amongst all the things that Rachel Reeves has done over the last nine months that perhaps I would disagree with, the thing that I strongly agree with is the focus on planning reform and infrastructure building as a way to stimulate growth in the economy.