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.

Embattled Rachel Reeves is set to make a major speech this morning in a desperate bid to kickstart the economy. The Chancellor will be in Oxfordshire to set out policies aimed at boosting growth from 10am. Ms Reeves, who faced a major backlash to her tax-hiking Budget, will say that Britain has been "held back" and "accepted stagnation".

Rachel Reeves will on Wednesday promise to “kickstart the economy” with a building blitz that includes Heathrow expansion and thousands of new homes...

A major speech Wednesday promises a host of pro-growth policies to turn the UK economy around. But the hurdles in the chancellor’s way are huge.

British finance minister Rachel Reeves will say on Wednesday that she is ready for a fight to push forward her plans to speed up the country's slow-moving economy that have grown in urgency after this month's bond market slump.

Writing in The Times, Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer criticised the ‘morass of regulation that effectively bans billions of pounds’ of investment.

Hopes for an economic recovery this year have been slashed by a major city firm in more grim news for the Government.