In her first major speech, the Chancellor put reforms at the heart of a drive for growth, with parts of the green belt opened up for building. The landslide election win has given Labour a 'mandate' for radical change, she argued.
Vowing to take the 'difficult decisions' needed to boost economic growth, the new Chancellor will use her first major speech to reveal that the Government is beginning its assault on the planning rules.
Before MPs break for the summer at the end of the month, councils will be issued with mandatory targets to clear the way for hundreds of thousands of new homes. Picted: Homes being constructed in 2020 'It is now a national mission. There is no time to waste.' Ms Reeves was appointed as Britain's first female Chancellor on Friday, and warned that there was 'not much money around'.
She urged Ms Reeves to scrap Labour's tight fiscal rules and pour billions into Britain's 'crumbling public services'. The union boss warned that new Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer 'won't have a lot of honeymoon period' unless he delivers quickly. Greater Manchester mayor Andy Burnham , on the same programme, called for a 'decisive break with austerity'
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