Julian Harris: Rachel Reeves is Everywhere
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.
The Iron Chancellor Rachel Reeves may have to flex to get the growth she wants
In choppy global seas, going for growth is going to require some tricky navigation - and it will make big domestic political waves too
The contradictions at the heart of Rachel Reeves’ growth plan
Good afternoon on this, the eve of the fifth anniversary of the signing of the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement and the week that Rachel Reeves tried to put the rocket-boosters under Labour’s economic growth strategy.
Allegra Stratton: Rachel Reeves and Chronic Long-Termism
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,
How quickly could Rachel Reeves' new plans boost growth?
Chancellor Rachel Reeves said on Wednesday that "economic growth is the number one mission of this government" as she unveiled a series of proposals to boost the UK's economy. But how quickly could the government get growth from the plans she announced?
Rachel Reeves draws battle lines with her bets to fix low growth
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).
Reeves’ Heathrow-Fueled Growth Plan Will Take Years to Get Off Ground
Rachel Reeves reached far and wide as she sought to revive the UK’s flagging economy with wind turbines, roads, airports, railways, trade deals, and proposed reforms to pensions, planning and the welfare system.
Rachel Reeves’s growth blitz won’t rescue the moribund economy
Rachel Reeves has vowed to slash red tape and go for growth in a quest to make working people feel “better off”.
Opinion
Reeves Can Snub Bats and Newts. But Local Folk? Not So Much.
Asked in a quickfire newspaper quiz to choose between “bats or newts,” two creatures whose habitats are currently protected by the UK’s environmental laws, Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves ...
Reeves Wants ‘Spades in Ground’ on Heathrow Project Before 2029
Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves said she wants construction work to begin on a third runway at Heathrow Airport ...
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‘Productive discussions’ with government on plans to build Europe’s largest theme park in Bedfordshire
The US company behind plans to build Europe’s largest theme park on a 283ha site in Bedfordshire is having “productive ...
Reeves to Finally Show Her Cards With Plan to Revive UK Economy
Rachel Reeves will pledge to go “further and faster” to boost the UK economy by unblocking new infrastructure projects, as ...
Reeves Seeks to Drum Up Labour Support Ahead of UK Growth Speech
Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves will urge Labour members of parliament to support her push to unlock a series of ...