Greater Public Investment Needed To Sustain Growth And Raise Living Standards, Says TUC

Commenting on the latest quarterly GDP figures published (Friday), which shows growth of 0.5% for the first quarter of 2019, TUC General Secretary Frances O’Grady said:

“One quarter of better growth is not enough to be confident the economy is on the right track.

“To get the kind of strong and sustained growth that will improve living standards, we need the government to boost public investment.

“And we need higher wages to be a higher priority, so that households have the spending power to support their local economy.”