Sir Ed Davey says the latest figures showing a dip in UK growth are "really disappointing". The Liberal Democrat leader adds that the figures are a result of the Labour government's budget, their jobs tax and their lack of a growth strategy. His comments come after the latest Office for National Statistics data showed growth contracted by 0.1% in January. Report by Brooksl. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
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00:00It's really disappointing because this affects people's lives. People who are struggling
00:04with the cost of living, who are looking for jobs. Businesses who are struggling. That's
00:08what this means, these figures today. And I'm afraid it's the effect of the Labour government's
00:13budget, the jobs tax, which is hitting so many small and medium-sized businesses, and
00:19also it's the fact that they don't have a growth strategy. Liberal Democrats are the
00:21only party in the country now with a real clear growth strategy, saying that we need
00:25a customs union with our European partners so we can get trade going again, make it easier,
00:30get those barriers down, those costly barriers that the Conservatives put up, supported
00:34by reform. Liberal Democrats are the only party saying, let's get those barriers down
00:37so we can trade more.