Summer time for reflection

What challenges and dilemmas will the three party leaders be considering over the summer recess? We speak to Anushka Asthana of The Times.

Any good economic news as the Olympics open this week will be sorely needed. On Wednesday the latest growth figures are expected to show the economy is still in recession. Meanwhile a fierce broadside has been launched towards the Treasury by the Director General of the British Chambers of Commerce, accusing ministers of a mixture of indecision, equivocation and political short-termism that is choking off economic recovery. Carolyn Quinn asked Anushka Asthana, chief political correspondent of the Times, what impact John Longworth's words might have.

This interview was broadcast on Sunday 22 July on BBC Radio 4's The Westminster Hour.