ITV Good Morning Britain turns tense Kate Garraway clashes with guest live on air

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Kate Garraway clashed with Mel Stride on Good Morning Britain as they delved into Rachel Reeves's spring statement.The chancellor announced a new wave of government spending cuts without increasing taxes on Wednesday (March 26), attributing this to a sharp deceleration in economic growth.

In the Thursday (March 27) show, shadow chancellor Stride criticised Ms Rachel Reeves, suggesting she entered "office without a plan and talked down the economy".

Stride fiercely attacked the Labour politician, saying to hosts Garraway and Richard Madeley: "One thing is that when she came to Parliament yesterday, what she was doing was explaining how she is going to dig herself out of this massive hole of her own creation through taxing businesses, spending like there's no tomorrow, putting up inflation, higher interest rates and all the consequences of that." He shared his view on what the Labour government ought to have done instead: "What you would have wanted to do was get into office, have some serious principle welfare reform that would have made more savings and been properly thought through with a proper plan." The Conservative MP further argued: "What you don't want to do is what this government has done, is to tank the economy and in order to try and desperately make the numbers add up, to coddle together the savings that she has, that's not good for the tax payer and it's also not fair for a lot of vulnerable people up and down the country.", reports the Express.

Kate weighed in on the matter, highlighting that Mr Stride's comments were his personal perspective and highlighted how the new Labour administration claims they are attempting to fix the legacy left by their predecessors.