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The Independent UK
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Oliver Browning

Watch: Jeremy Hunt outlines long-term economic plan ‘energised’ by Brexit

PA Wire

Watch as Jeremy Hunt spells out his plans for the economy, two months before his Budget statement in which he is expected to announce measures to boost the UK’s slow pace of growth.

The chancellor dismissed “gloom” around the prospects for the economy and said the UK government will bring about prosperity in a plan “energised” by Brexit.

Mr Hunt’s speech, in central London, came at the end of a week in which the Tories have faced accusations that they have no long-term plan for growth.

“It is a plan necessitated, energised and made possible by Brexit which will succeed if it becomes a catalyst for the bold choices we need to take,” he said.

The chancellor also focused on key sectors such as digital technology, green industries, life sciences, advanced manufacturing and creative industries.

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