been slated for a couple of days and their timetable has been fairly strict throughout this, but there is plenty of room for manoeuvre. they don t normally sit on a friday but i think they are expecting to speak to him. not that many people behind me today, but we have seen over the past four weeks, we have seen protesters, plenty of media, so we can expect all of that tomorrow as well, but his testimony crucially important, and he has received plenty of criticism from civil servants, advisers, scientific advisers, to name but a few, who said he showed nuclear levels of confidence in dealing with the crisis and he will certainly want to face some of that criticism down. but interesting, yesterday, we had from michael gove, the chancellor of the duchy of is that, that brilliant name in british politics, which basically means he was in charge of the cabinet office, and he was pretty defensive of matt hancock, who he said showed wisdom and foresight in many of the decisions he h
sense, and investment, investing where we need to invest. and give me our where we need to invest. and give me your assessment where we need to invest. and give me your assessment if where we need to invest. and give me your assessment if you where we need to invest. and give me your assessment if you will where we need to invest. and give me your assessment if you will of - where we need to invest. and give me your assessment if you will of where l your assessment if you will of where the uk figures right now against some of its peers. we know the us is in a similar position in terms of things like inflation and interest rates, having to raise rates to keep a lid on prices. other developed economies across europe are facing similar challenges. where do we sit in terms of economic growth and how well the uk is performing right now? starting with inflation, we have been doing relatively well. it is a bit sticky but some of it is down to the structure of the economy bei
societal issues as sage was doing for the scientific issues? there is a strong case for having the technical economic advice remembering economic advisers often market sensitive. me transparently available to people and, where it is for experts to challenge it, there is a case to be made. my suspicion is a case to be made. my suspicion is this is one that the treasury are fairly unlikely to want to but that is for a large number of legitimate reasons. but, you know, what you say is correct, it would, however, the one bit of what you said i would just be a little bit more cautious of is the idea that the science advice would be trumped by the economic advice. my view is political leadership take both bits of advice and then they should balance them. in a sense that is theirjob, not mine. i balance them. in a sense that is theirjob, not mine. balance them. in a sense that is theirjob, not mine. their “ob, not mine. i have refer to that theirjob, not mine. i have refer to tha
south health infrastructure. the case of south korea, and i this with colleagues from south korea, it was after they colleagues from south korea, it was after they had a bad experience with something after they had a bad experience with something and they wanted beat things something and they wanted beat things up and they did put up in the case of things up and they did put up in the case of germany, they use base to be able to case of germany, they use base to be able to do case of germany, they use base to be able to do that. absent either public able to do that. absent either public investment over some period of time, public investment over some period of time, you public investment over some period of time, you cannotjust switch public investment over some period of time, you cannot just switch this on at of time, you cannot just switch this on at short of time, you cannot just switch this on at short notice or an industrial base on at short notice or
of what months. were you concerned, mindful of what you months. were you concerned, mindful of what you had said at the stock take meeting about the need to plan stock take meeting about the need to ptah for stock take meeting about the need to plan for this massive threat, that try plan for this massive threat, that by this plan for this massive threat, that by this date, the 8th of february, the director of the body required to produce the director of the body required to produce central government plans were still produce central government plans were still working about work to be done were still working about work to be done to were still working about work to be done to create a plan of activity across done to create a plan of activity across government. | done to create a plan of activity across government. done to create a plan of activity across government. i think it was reasonable across government. i think it was reasonable that across governmen