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.
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).
How quickly could Rachel Reeves' new plans boost growth?
The chancellor said that allowing Heathrow to build a third runway would "create 100,000 jobs", boost investment and exports and "unlock futher growth". She cited a new report by the consultancy Frontier Economics which found it could increase the UK's potential GDP by 2050 by 0.
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.
UK's Reeves seeks growth boost from improving EU and US relations
Britain will boost its economy by resetting its ties with the European Union and building on its special relationship with the United States, finance minister Rachel Reeves said on Wednesday.
Reeves expected to back Heathrow expansion plans
Rachel Reeves is set to announce a series of major infrastructure projects in a speech in which she is also expected to back plans for a third runway at Heathrow Airport. The chancellor will outline plans to create "Europe's Silicon Valley" between Oxford and Cambridge,
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.
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’s growth fund backs Cornish tin mine in race to net zero
Rachel Reeves’s National Wealth Fund has invested £28.6m into reviving a historic Cornish tin mine as ministers race to hit ...
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 ...
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’s tax overhaul will ‘exacerbate’ high street’s decline
Rachel Reeves’s property tax overhaul will “exacerbate” the high street’s decline, experts have warned, amid fears WH Smith ...