Rachel Reeves has set out a series of major announcements on infrastructure projects, including backing plans for a third runway at Heathrow Airport. She promised to go "further and faster" than previous governments after years of sluggish growth in the UK.

Rachel Reeves didn’t dare mention farmers during a speech about growth on Wednesday but they made sure there was no forgetting them - or her inheritance tax raid. Dozens of furious farmers, with their tractors in tow, descended on the lawn of Siemens Healthineers in Oxford where the Chancellor was delivering her plans for growth.

The Chancellor has given the government’s backing to a third runway at Heathrow Airport, in yet another relaunch speech this morning. Speaking at a factory in Oxfordshire, Rachel Reeves reaffirmed Labour’s commitment to their growth strategy,

If you add in Labour's decision to abandon plans to upgrade part of the A1 in Northumberland to dual carriageway, you can forgive the region for casting a rather envious glance at Rachel Reeves' push for growth in the south.

Chancellor Rachel Reeves has laid out fresh plans for a host of infrastructure projects meant to grow the economy in a speech on Wednesday.

Rachel Reeves will pledge to “fight” for “growth” and say that Britain “can do so much better” in a major speech, after Cabinet ministers were ordered to ditch policies that could stand in the way of growing the economy.

“I welcome the confirmation that the government intends to reset the relationship with the EU,” said Cold Chain Federation CEO Phil Pluck. “In doing so, it must work closely with the cold chain to fully understand the impact on food and medicine supply and on food inflation.