Matt Clifford
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first heard Jul 2026
last heard 16 Jul
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There is no political constituency for growth.
I got told, I remember very memorably by a very senior political figure who I won't name, that growth is deeply unpopular.
We mustn't talk about it.
People don't think growth is for them.
And it's funny how we now want to talk about cost of living all the time.
Quite right, we have an affordability crisis in this country.
But the affordability crisis isn't actually about prices.
It's not actually about inflation.
The inflation that we've had in this country, apart from in 2022, is not historically unusual.
The problem is wage stagnation.
Of course we have an affordability problem.
No one's had a pay rise.
Well, if you have a number one mission, then that means you have to make real hard trade-offs.
And some people are going to lose out.
Exactly.
And, you know, it is not a comment about this prime minister or any prime minister.
But, you know, the truth is your priorities are what you are willing to hold constant while trading off other things.
So if growth is our number one priority, then we have to be willing to upset people whose number one priority is not growth.
You cannot actually have growth without people objecting.
And one of the reasons I object when people say, like, oh, you know, growth is for the rich.
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