Rishi Sunak was quick to declare victory in November when he met his goal of presiding over a halving of inflation. But the prime minister had less room for rejoicing over one of the other pledges he set out at the start of the year: his vow to grow the economy.
The story of 2023 has instead been one of near-stagnation — a lost year which was confirmed last week as the Office for National Statistics reported a 0.3 per cent drop in gross domestic product between September and October.
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