one wrote: this week's budget was the last for kamal ahmed as the bbc‘s economics editor.rsday he started a newjob as editorial director for bbc news and he is with me now. let's start with the criticism, are you offering opinion rather than facts when you're covering economics and being too negative. no, we don't offer opinion. my opinion doesn't matter. we look at what the data say and try and explain to our audience what is the figures are showing, what the government is attempting to do. i said in the news at ten that the public finances were in a lot better shape than expected that borrowing was lower. so we were showing what the good parts of the government's economic story was. but i think it is important for us to set out the risks, set out some of the criticisms. as economics editor, my opinion doesn't matter, but i do make judgments on what the data is telling us about how the economy is performing. what is interesting is unlike most science, where there is a consensus, economists often disagree or as in the 2008 crash, didn't seem to know what was going on, is i

that afternoon's budget the bbc‘s live coverage and analysis was extensive, with economics editor kamal ahmed for the news. philip hammond tried to change the economic story of this government. away from cuts and controlling the nation's debts, and towards spending and tax cuts.

that afternoon's budget the bbc‘s live coverage and analysis was extensive, with economics editor kamal ahmed's debts, and towards spending and tax cuts. the ending of austerity, he said. next year he said the government would spend £2.3 billion on public services. that figure would rise to 30.6 billion by 2024. but some viewers have taken exception to the bbc‘s reporting of economics. 0ne wrote: this week's budget was the last for kamal ahmed as the bbc‘s economics editor. on thursday he started a newjob as editorial director for bbc news and he is with me now. let's start with the criticism, are you offering opinion rather than facts when you're covering economics and being too negative. no, we don't offer opinion. my opinion doesn't matter. we look at what the data say and try and explain to our audience what is the figures are showing, what the government is attempting to do. i said in the news at ten that the public finances were in a lot better shape than expected that borrowing was lower. so we were showing what the good parts of the government's economic story was. but i think it is i