Philip Hammond: party must offer solutions to Labour questions

Conservatives need to show themselves 'worthy of the privilege' of governing post-Brexit Britain, chancellor says

The government's growing concern at the challenge posed by Labour has been highlighted by Philip Hammond as the chancellor admitted that Jeremy Corbyn was asking questions the Conservatives needed to answer.

Hammond joined other cabinet colleagues in warning that Labour's policies would endanger the economy but said his own party needed to show itself "worthy of the privilege of governing post-Brexit Britain".

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