Ben Shephard has criticised the government for refusing to send a minister to appear on Good Morning Britain amid warnings of a year-long recession hitting this autumn.
On Thursday (4 August), the Bank of England warned that the UK will soon enter a recession causing the deepest fall in living standards on record.
The recession will likely cause problems for the winner of the Tory leadership contest as they replace Boris Johnson as prime minister.
Showing an empty chair sat against a Westminster backdrop, he said: “We did invite a minister onto the show.