Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeve appeared on Good Morning Britain to discuss her plans for economic growth.
Good Morning Britain presenter Richard Madeley called out Rachel Reeves live on air about her previous CV claims. The Chancellor has been given the moniker of Rachel from Accounts after being accused of enhancing her CV from her time at the Bank of England and Halifax.
Heathrow 's third runway could be built and in use by 2035, Rachel Reeves has signalled. Asked for a timeline on the plans, which she backed on Wednesday, the Chancellor told BBC Breakfast: "We want to see spades in the ground in this Parliament.
Reeves hails opportunity of net zero but faces criticism from green campaigners - Backing for a third runway at Heathrow and pledges to reform environmental regulation have prompted criticism from climate and nature groups.
For years the biggest enemy in the economic life of the UK was short-termism — a term hurled around like a rude word, often prefixed with “chronic” for good measure. But this morning as I listened to the chancellor speak from a Siemens factory in Oxfordshire,
The chance that Chancellor Rachel Reeves will meet her fiscal rules remains on a "knife edge", according to an influential think tank.
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The Government is set to push through new off-shore wind projects off the coast of Yorkshire, which it says will cause “unavoidable impacts to the seabed”.
The Chancellor had initially ruled out publishing her tax returns, but has now said she is ‘very happy’ to do so.
Rachel Reeves was skewered over her Heathrow expansion plans as she was confronted by Charlie Stayt on BBC Breakfast.
Heathrow expansion can be done in a decade, says Rachel Reeves - The Chancellor said she wanted to see ‘spades in the ground in this parliament’.