内容摘要：In a joint statement local MPs Angela Rayner, Jonathan Reynolds, Andrew Gwynne MP said they welcome the party's intervention "to bring stability and focus at this difficult time".

In a joint statement local MPs Angela Rayner, Jonathan Reynolds, Andrew Gwynne MP said they welcome the party's intervention "to bring stability and focus at this difficult time".

First, let's look at economic growth using Gross Domestic Product (GDP) - the value of all goods and services in the US economy.There was a dramatic collapse in this figure during Covid as many businesses shut.

Following the pandemic, the economy bounced back strongly under Trump and recovered better than many other western countries.This has continued under Mr Biden, with the US producing the strongest pandemic recovery within the G7But over Trump's four years in office, it was not the greatest economy in US history, as he likes to claim.

Between January 2017 and January 2021, average annual growth rate was 2.3%.This period includes the slowdown and recovery of the economy as a result of the Covid pandemic.

Under the Biden administration so far, this figure is 2.2% - so almost the same.

There have been periods in the past when GDP growth was significantly higher than the average under both Trump and Biden, such as in the 1970s.In the footage, Mr Jones, a longtime party activist who organises events for Mr Farage, calls a Pride flag on a police car a "degenerate flag".

He repeatedly suggests members of the LGBT+ community are paedophiles and criticises police attending Pride.The spokesperson said "you can’t sack a volunteer" but that Mr Jones was "no longer involved in the campaign", adding: "He’s gone."

Asked if Reform UK and Mr Farage would also say they wanted nothing to do with Mr Jones in the light of his remarks, the spokesperson said there was a "difference" between Mr Jones’ case and that of Mr Parker.Both individuals were no longer part of the campaign, he said, but Mr Jones was previously known to Reform UK and his remarks were "much more banterish", while they had no idea who Mr Parker was and his comments were "far beyond the pale".