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‘Your numbers are wrong’: Oliver Dowden exposed in BBC interview

Estimates provided by Oliver Dowden on Sunday morning were branded 'inaccurate' and 'out of date' by host Laura Kuenssberg.

Tom Head by Tom Head
2022-12-18 12:14
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Fair play to Laura Kuenssberg – she really did a number on Oliver Dowden this morning. The top Tory, currently serving as the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, appeared on the BBC to trot-out the government’s latest attack line against striking workers.

  • ALSO READ: PM Sunak claims workers are ‘tired of being foot-soldiers in Mick Lynch’s class war’

Oliver Dowden savaged in interview with Laura Kuenssberg

Dowden was sent into the interview with a very dubious set of figures. According to the Conservative Party’s own calculations, the money needed to fund public sector payrises would ‘cost each family in Britain £1,000’. The numbers, however, appear to be half-baked…

“We have taken the level of inflation, at 10% to 11%, and projected it forward a year. That equates to £1,000 for each family, and a grand total of £28 billion. In fact, nurses want a 19% pay rise – so that’s more than what is on the table.” | Oliver Dowden

Tories accused of ‘inaccurate projections’ for public sector pay-rise costs

Laura Kuenssberg came armed with her own facts and statistics, though. She correctly reminded the minister that his projections are only based on one month of higher inflation, rather than lower rate which is forecast for 2023. Busted.

Dowden refused to back down, and insisted that the BBC host was ill-informed. However, Kuenssberg stuck to her guns on the issue, and outright rejected the government’s thumb-suck suggestions. Her retort left the senior politician squirming in his seat.

“That figure of 11% is for just one month. Inflation is projected to be much lower next year. So your figure, £28 billion, isn’t right. Those numbers are inaccurate and out of date. Nurses and public sector workers are talking about a pay deal for this year.” | Laura Kuenssberg

Watch: Laura Kuenssberg calls out Oliver Dowden on BBC show

You can see a clip of the tense exchange between Oliver Dowden and Laura Kuenssberg here…

Its appalling that we rarely can rely on @bbclaurak to hold this Govt to proper account, but when she does…oh how these Ministers squirm.

Oliver Dowden caught out lying & rehashing figures to suit the narrative over refusing striking nurses a payrise! #bbclaurak #thercn #nurse pic.twitter.com/FESRaIv22Z

— UK PoliticalPics 🚨|📸 (@UKPoliticalPics) December 18, 2022

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