As UK economics editor, my life for the last week has felt a lot like surrealist movie Being John Malkovich — but with Rachel Reeves in the central role.
Rachel Reeves grilled on past opposition to airport expansion over environmental concernsSource: BBC Breakfast
The Chancellor also mentioned that reforming the planning system would 'make it easier to build big infrastructure projects, like a third runway at Heathrow'
Chancellor’s optimistic economic growth vision hit in the short term as Tesco and Lloyds announce hundreds of job losses and she admits fixing the economy is ‘not an easy job’
After six months of talking down the economy and warning of tough times ahead, the UK chancellor Rachel Reeves has changed her tune. She is now much more optimistic about Britain’s economic prospects and has announced a raft of measures including major pension reforms designed to unlock cash to boost growth and productivity.
Speaking on sustainable aviation, Rachel Reeves affirms that the government is determined to follow through on its commitments.
For years the biggest enemy in the economic life of the UK was short-termism — a term hurled around like a rude word, often prefixed with “chronic” for good measure. But this morning as I listened to the chancellor speak from a Siemens factory in Oxfordshire,
Heathrow Airport’s third runway can be built in the next decade, Rachel Reeves has said, as she aims to boost growth amid the UK’s
Good morning. Rachel Reeves delivered her big speech on growth. It contained a number of measures: some good (the Oxford/Cambridge arc tops that list), some bad (the third runway at Heathrow) and some added to give the list of growth initiatives the appearance of a more even regional distribution (the regeneration of Old Trafford).
Chancellor also vows bat tunnels will not be used in UK infrastructure projects as she defends new growth measures
Chancellor Rachel Reeves stands accused of playing "fast and loose" with the nation's pension pots as she scrambles for ways to boost growth.