Investors prove Britain's success: Letter
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Your support makes all the difference.Sir: Alan Milburn's letter (16 October) tries to talk down the British economy's recovery. This is flogging a very tired horse.
Out in the real world, the British economy is racing ahead. Business investment is now second only to Japan in the G7 and accounts for a higher percentage of national income than it did in 1979.
Labour's obsession with league tables cannot hide the fact that all the current data points to the long-term economic fundamentals being right.
Why else would the IMF have said this year that Britain's performance is "enviable"?
To suggest that Britain is losing out in international competitiveness is laughable. Overseas investors are voting with their chequebooks. Inward investment created over 50,000 new jobs last year and amounted to over pounds 25bn. These companies come here to succeed.
MICHAEL JACK
Financial Secretary to the Treasury
London SW1
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