{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/9475d117-fcd4-4915-a6f3-923941e7aa0d/636e71e5426b9a0012dd07d7?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Kwasi ‘ghosts' Truss - and recession panic","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/61ba05fc1a8cbed4343cf0e6/5883ea1e-0ebe-4d27-9746-2bf0605b19e6.jpg?height=200","description":"<p>Britain’s shaky economy is on the brink of recession as Office for National Statistics data reveals a fall in GDP.</p><p>It comes as former chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng popped up in his first interview since being sacked, and criticised his former boss and political soulmate, ex-PM Liz Truss.</p><p>He says they are still “friends” but has not returned her missed call from several days ago.</p><p>It comes as Office for National Statistics data shows output dropped 0.2 per cent from July to September.</p><p>Now there’s an increasing likelihood the fourth quarter will see another dip after the surge in interest rates triggered by Kwarteng’s disastrous mini-Budget in September.</p><p>Those ONS figures follow Bank of England forecasts could be the longest recession since records began.</p><p>The Leader’s joined by Alfie Stirling, director of research and chief economist at the New Economics Foundation, and Evening Standard deputy political editor David Bond.</p><p><br></p>","author_name":"The Evening Standard"}