As UK economics editor, my life for the last week has felt a lot like surrealist movie Being John Malkovich — but with Rachel Reeves in the central role.

Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves said she wants construction work to begin on a third runway at Heathrow Airport before the next election is due in 2029, a day after giving the green light to a controversial project that’s divided her governing Labour Party.

Rachel Reeves reached far and wide as she sought to revive the UK’s flagging economy with wind turbines, roads, airports, railways, trade deals, and proposed reforms to pensions, planning and the welfare system.

Rachel Reeves will pledge to go “further and faster” to boost the UK economy by unblocking new infrastructure projects, as she seeks to lure investors and win back business support after a rocky start to her tenure as Chancellor of the Exchequer.

For years the biggest enemy in the economic life of the UK was short-termism — a term hurled around like a rude word, often prefixed with “chronic” for good measure. But this morning as I listened to the chancellor speak from a Siemens factory in Oxfordshire,

Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves made the case for expanding Heathrow in the strongest hint yet that she’s preparing to green-light a controversial third runway at London’s busiest airport in a decision that’s divided the government.

UK Chancellor Rachel Reeves "knows the third runway in Heathrow won't be delivered until about 2040, possibly even 2050, if at all," says Ryanair CEO Michael O'Leary. "This is a dead cat she's throwing up on the table to mask the fact that she has no growth plan,

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Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves joked about Elon Musk’s online “trolling” of world leaders, in a break from the UK government’s careful efforts to avoid responding to frequent criticism from the close Trump ally.

Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves will urge Labour members of parliament to support her push to unlock a series of infrastructure projects designed to spur economic growth in Britain. Most Read from BloombergWhat Happened to Hanging Out on the Street?

Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves gave her support for a controversial third runway at Heathrow Airport, part of the Labour government’s push to advance long-delayed infrastructure plans to boost the UK’s flagging economic growth.

What didn’t Rachel Reeves say in her growth speech yesterday? The widely trailed address surveyed the wide expanse of the government’s economic programme — from the “difficult” decisions taken in the autumn budget to the latest controversy surrounding a third Heathrow runway.