The pair’s awkward exchange came a day after Reeves threw the government’s weight behind a third runway at Heathrow Airport in London, claiming it was essential to boost economic growth. Critics - including senior figures in the Labour Party - have ...
Rachel Reeves has set out a series of major announcements on infrastructure projects, including backing plans for a third runway at Heathrow Airport. She promised to go "further and faster" than previous governments after years of sluggish growth in the UK.
Heathrow’s third runway could be built and in use by 2035, Rachel Reeves has signalled.Asked for a timeline on the plans, which she backed on Wednesday, the Chancellor told BBC Breakfast: “We want to see spades in the ground in this Parliament.
Talk TV star Harry Cole called for Rachel Reeves to be sacked as he discussed the Chancellor's recent speech on economic growth.
The chance that Chancellor Rachel Reeves will meet her fiscal rules remains on a "knife edge", according to an influential think tank.
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,
The Government is set to push through new off-shore wind projects off the coast of Yorkshire, which it says will cause “unavoidable impacts to the seabed”.
Chancellor Rachel Reeves has admitted there needs to be a 'balance' when it comes to slashing regulation in the wake of disasters like the Grenfell Tower fire in 2017
Embattled Chancellor Rachel Reeves has refused to rule out a second big tax grab this Spring. This one could be even worse.
Chancellor Rachel Reeves gave a major speech in Oxford today where she confirmed the government's support for a third runway at Heathrow.
The chancellor says the expansion of Europe's busiest airport is "badly needed" - but the Green Party's Sian Berry calls it "the most irresponsible announcement from any government I have seen since the Liz Truss budget".