Economy takes center stage ahead of U.K. election
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🗓️ 23 May 2024
⏱️ 10 minutes
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Summary
From the BBC World Service: British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and opposition leader Keir Starmer are on the campaign trail after Sunak called a surprise summer election. We set the backdrop for this upcoming election, including an interrogation of the freshest economic figures and a look at the economic mood among British consumers. Also on the show: What do changing music tastes mean for guitar companies?
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| 0:40.0 | Listen now. 4th of July. It's Independence Day for Americans and this year it's election day for the Brits. |
| 0:56.7 | Hello, this is the Marketplace Morning Report and we're live from the BBC World Service. |
| 1:00.8 | I'm Leanna Byrne. Good morning. After months of speculation on this side of the Atlantic |
| 1:05.0 | about when we might have an election here in the UK, Britain's Prime Minister, Riesi Sunak, has now fired the |
| 1:10.4 | starting gun on an election campaign that's set to be dominated by the economy. |
| 1:14.4 | We've got the BBC's Will Bain taking a look at this. Hello. |
| 1:17.6 | Hello. |
| 1:18.6 | Morning. Morning. First, before we get into it, let's hear a clip of Rishi Sunak. |
| 1:24.0 | Our economy is now growing faster than anyone predicted, outpacing Germany, France and the |
| 1:28.8 | United States. |
| 1:30.6 | And this morning it was confirmed that inflation is back to normal. |
| 1:34.0 | This means that the pressure on prices will ease and mortgage rates will come down. |
| 1:39.0 | Now, well, he's really pitching this on economic performance, that the economy is doing well but is that actually true? |
| 1:46.0 | Right so the Prime Minister has basically taken now as his moment to go for this election |
| 1:52.0 | because he's met two of what he set out as |
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