Labour Split Erupts Over Rachel Reeves' 'Indefensible' Decision To Back Third Heathrow Runway
Heathrow third runway flights will take off ‘within a decade’, says Rachel Reeves
Rachel Reeves says third runway at Heathrow could be built and in use by 2035
Labour critics are mad at Rachel Reeves - but for completely the wrong reason
It's like complaining that PM Keir Starmer hasn't grabbed enough freebies, or that Energy Secretary Ed Miliband has too much common sense. But that’s how they think, on the left of the party. Their biggest beef about Labour is that Rachel Reeves is too soft. She needs to tax more – and spend more of course.
Rachel Reeves may have just made things worse for Labour with brave 7-word claim
Double-bubble: Rachel Reeves' regurgitating of Boris Johnson ’s old manifesto, sorry I mean Rachel Reeves' unveiling of Labour’s pioneering new plan for growth, then Keir Starmer at Prime Minister's Questions.
Labour hails Thatcher and Trump, pledging to “cut the weeds of regulation”
Jonathan Reynolds, Labour’s business secretary, told the Financial Times, “We have to respond to the agenda the US president has just set out with our own dynamism… Every country has to do it.”
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Britain’s Rachel Reeves needs a growth miracle
A major speech Wednesday promises a host of pro-growth policies to turn the UK economy around. But the hurdles in the chancellor’s way are huge.
‘Desperate stuff!' BBC QT guest rips apart Labour growth plan as China races ahead
A Conservative shadow minister warned the UK could "fall further behind" on growth targets following the Chancellor's "desperate" attempts to save the economy.
Reeves declares war on Labour ‘blockers’ standing in the way of growth
Chancellor warns MPs not to ‘put their own interests above those of the country’ as she aims to kick-start the economy
Reeves wrong to put growth before net zero, says major Labour donor
Rachel Reeves would be “foolish” to put growth before net zero and approve expansion at Britain’s major airports, a major Labour donor has warned. Dale Vince, the eco-tycoon who has given £5m to the party, said it would be a mistake for the Chancellor to back a third runway at Heathrow and similar extensions at Gatwick and Luton.
Will Labour’s plan for growth actually work? Two economists respond
Labour’s ambitions for a more pro-growth, pro-business agenda mark a positive shift, at least in tone. But actual, visible, tangible growth depends on execution. This in turn depends on private sector money, overcoming bureaucratic hurdles, and cutting the Brexit red-tape that continues to hamper trade with the EU.
Reeves tells Labour MPs of need to 'go further and faster' to generate growth
The Chancellor has faced questions about her plans since the start of the year, amid stuttering growth figures and rising borrowing costs
UK's Reeves gears up for fight to get economy growing again
British finance minister Rachel Reeves will say on Wednesday that she is ready for a fight to push forward her plans to speed up the country's slow-moving economy that have grown in urgency after this month's bond market slump.
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The huge contradiction at the heart of Rachel Reeves's plan
But Reeves’s speech on growth has a contradiction at its heart. Her decisions at the Budget, including a £25bn national insurance raid on employers, are forecast to lead to lower growth over the next five years.