Anna Jones and Lisa Nandy on Sky News.A cabinet minister has insisted ordinary people “shouldn’t be worried” about the state of the economy despite turmoil on the money markets and the falling value of the pound.Culture secretary Lisa Nandy also defended under-fire chancellor Rachel Reeves’ decision to fly to China while the economy wobbles.Government borrowing costs have hit their highest level in years, meaning ministers have less money to spend on frontline services and piling pressure on Reeves to either put up taxes again or slash public spending.Meanwhile, the value of the pound - a key indicator of the financial markets’ confidence in the UK economy - has fallen to its lowest level in more than a year.On Sky News this morning, presenter Anna Jones if people should be worried about the ongoing turmoil.Nandy said: “I don’t think we should be worried. It’s obviously something we take very seriously, but these are global trends that have affected many countries, most notably the United States as well as the UK.“We are still on track to be the fastest growing economy, according to the OECD, in Europe, and the chancellor and chief secretary to the Treasury have been absolutely clear that our fiscal rules are
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