The Labour mayor for London, Sadiq Khan, immediately came out swinging after Reeves’ announcement. He said: “I remain opposed to a new runway at Heathrow airport because of th

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.

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.

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.”

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.

The Labour Party Chancellor and MP was speaking out on Wednesday as she delivered a landmark speech on growth on January 29.

Chancellor warns MPs not to ‘put their own interests above those of the country’ as she aims to kick-start the economy

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.

The Chancellor has faced questions about her plans since the start of the year, amid stuttering growth figures and rising borrowing costs

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.

Chancellor’s optimistic economic growth vision hit in the short term as Tesco and Lloyds announce hundreds of job losses and she admits fixing the economy is ‘not an easy job’

Chancellor also vows bat tunnels will not be used in UK infrastructure projects as she defends new growth measures