stephen crabb: thank you for that. given the projected profile of spending on three things -- state pension, working-age benefit and the nhs -- over the next five years, do you think that there is something in what paul johnson from the ifs said about there being a "conspiracy of silence" between the two main party front benches about just how constrained the public finances will be over the next forecast period? the prime minister: look, i i cannot speak for other parties, i can speak for the conservative party and the government. we have set out plans that continue to have public spending growing in real terms, as i outlined earlier, and then it is the work of future spending reviews to divvy that up, and i do think it is right that we focus on productivity to get more out of the investment we are putting into public services. to give you just one statistic, public sector productivity is around 5% lower today than before the pandemic -- 5% lower, no one is asking for anything heroic, just a return to where we were. o