Rachel Reeves is on Sky News facing questions from Wilfred Frost after unveiling her spending plans yesterday.
In a blow to the chancellor this morning a day after she pledged to boost growth, the ONS published data showing GDP shrank by 0.3% in April, more than economists expected.
Rachel Reeves says the fall is "disappointing", but adds they are "perhaps not entirely unexpected".
Pushed if the fall in GDP is partly due to the tax hikes she introduced in April, Reeves says she didn't put taxes up "on ordinary working people".
The chancellor says: "Everyone knew that those tax changes were coming in April.
"But April was a difficult month and, since then, of course, we've managed to secure three trade deals with the US, with India, with the EU. And that is all part of this government's plan, to support our economy, to support businesses exporting and to create more good jobs, paying decent wages in all parts of the country."
She says she also "spread" investment across the country in her spending review.
Reeves adds: "I know that growth has been a problem for a long time. And now, the last decade or so, we have had sluggish growth. It's not possible to turn things around straightaway."