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.

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.

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