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.
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.
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.
How Rachel Reeves Decided UK Needs to Bet Big on Economic Growth
Soon after her UK budget on Oct. 30, as economic sentiment plummeted and businesses protested higher taxes, an under-pressure Rachel Reeves had one key message for Treasury officials: “We need to go further and faster on growth.
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).
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 ...
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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Rachel Reeves cannot escape Labour’s Brexit reckoning
What didn’t Rachel Reeves say in her growth speech yesterday? The widely trailed address surveyed the wide expanse of the government’s economic programme — from the “difficult” decisions taken in the ...
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 ...
Reeves refuses to rule out tax rises in spring
Rachel Reeves has refused to rule out announcing further tax rises in the spring, after she delivered a speech designed to ...
Bloomberg UK Politics: Ready for Takeoff
Bloomberg's Caroline Hepker, Stephen Carroll, Yuan Potts and Lizzy Burden have your daily guide to British politics. We'll tell you what's happening and explain why it matters.