Francine Lacqua

So here in Davos you also have an announcement which is basically helping out with visas.

Tell us a little bit about that and do you worry that it's going to be drowned in everything else that's going on?

Just a little bit of news that we have out there.

Chancellor, there's a growing clamour in labour circles, even from some of your own cabinets, for the UK to join a customs union with the EU.

Is that on the cards?

But Chancellor, I mean, mathematically, just, you know, if you leave politics to one side, again, rejoining the customs union could be more beneficial.

So do you see a future at any point where the UK goes back in?

There is, of course, big news about a new embassy, a Chinese embassy in London today.

How do you see actually the relationship with the UK and China evolving?

If the US continues being a little bit, you know, not a little bit, actually belligerent with Europe, do you see the UK getting much, much closer to China?

Chancellor, back in Westminster, a lot of people in Labour are thinking about a challenge to your leadership and Keir Starmer's leadership in the coming months, especially if the local elections are very bad.

What will you tell investors here in Davos who might be worried about a more left-wing PM and Chancellor getting in?

Nigel Farage is arriving here in Davos.

What would Prime Minister Farage, who's doing very well in the polls, mean for the UK economy?

Not at all.

But there is a perception that he's gaining momentum because of the defections.

Chancellor, there are a lot of questions people want to know about taxes.

I know you can't tell us about the next budget.

I don't know whether you think that this new trade tensions could have an impact of the budget, but holistically speaking, if you were to raise taxes again, would you do it for wealth taxes or general taxation?

Every week, Chancellor, I thought we were more tenacious.