UK chancellor Rachel Reeves has urged Heathrow airport to fast-track proposals to build a third runway, in a much-trailed speech that sought to reinvigorate the Labour government’s growth agenda.

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New homes will be built near train stations in the latest bid to kick-start economic growth. More “housing for working people ...

Allies insist that, after a gloomy start in the job, the chancellor had long planned to shift up a gear – but her ...

Chancellor Rachel Reeves is working with UK regulators to find new ways to boost economic growth in 2025. Earlier this month, she called watchdogs, including the Competition and M ...

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Rachel Reeves has refused to rule out announcing further tax rises in the spring, after she delivered a speech designed to ...

Rachel Reeves’s much-trailed speech today ... who has championed the package but had to cede responsibility for it to Jonathan Reynolds, the business secretary and Reeves ally.

More “housing for working people” is promised as under-fire Chancellor Rachel Reeves prepares for ... It will “fast-track critical infrastructure” including “wind farms, power plants ...