The government needs "more urgency" to grow the economy, the business secretary has admitted.

Peter Kyle, who also rejected claims that growth is no longer the top priority, told Sky News deputy political editor Sam Coates that people will "need to see" what happens at the budget on Wednesday.

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He added: "I accept that we need more urgency, we need boldness, because we inherited a growth emergency.

"We are still in that growth emergency that we inherited, and that means we need to act with more boldness, creativity and urgency, and that is what I'll be doing."

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