Rachel Reeves’ plans for the UK: all development, no inexperienced? – podcast | Financial development (GDP)

Forward of a landmark speech right this moment, Rachel Reeves has been signalling she is able to be ruthless to develop the economic system. She has spoken about reducing regulation, pushing by means of constructing initiatives and even lastly seeing a brand new runway at Heathrow. All stunning measures from a authorities that championed their inexperienced agenda whereas in opposition.

Heather Stewart, the Guardian’s economics editor, appears again at a troublesome few weeks for the chancellor, and explains why regardless of the criticism she is making an attempt to strike a extra upbeat notice. She factors out how Reeves has even signalled that she desires to press for much less regulation for town, and mentioned that regulators throughout the board additionally must give attention to contributing to development.

However with development so low for years, can she handle to clear the way in which for extra funding within the UK? Helen Pidd asks whether or not the raft of recent measures and bulletins are scattergun or add as much as a coherent technique – and what the environmental price of all this may very well be.