Labour's shadow business secretary said British workers needed to be as productive as the French Britain's economy needs to become more like France because its workers are 'more productive', shadow business secretary Chuka Umunna said. The rising Labour star said British workers took five days to what the French did in four. Mr Umunna's remarks come just days after a leading investment bank warned that the British economy under Labour would 'look increasingly like France', where growth is almost non-existent But, Mr Umunna told the Today programme on BBC Radio 4: 'The issue isn't just that we have more employment but the nature of the work.
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Chuka Umunna said French workers were more productive than in the UK
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He said French workers produce as much in four days as UK staff do in five
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Comes days after a top bank said Labour would make UK more like France
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Banks of America said Ed Miliband's policies would hit economic growth
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UK economy growing 5 times faster than France's with half the jobless rate
A spokesman for the Labour shadow minister insisted he was not suggesting @placeholder should copy the French economic model.