Bonus Episode: Rachel Reeves and Grant Shapps from Davos

Leaders with Francine Lacqua

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Management, Business, Careers, Entrepreneurship

4.6 • 64 Ratings

🗓️ 20 January 2023

⏱️ 22 minutes

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We continue our coverage from the World Economic Forum in Davos. Francine Lacqua spoke with UK Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves. She says the UK is open for business and discusses the bankruptcy of Britishvolt. Plus, Francine sat down with UK Business Secretary Grant Shapps. He discusses the government’s plans for British business and his concerns with President Joe Biden’s plan to subsidize clean energy.

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1:18.8	Now this week, you get a bonus episode. We're in Davos where the World Economic Forum is almost coming to a close.
1:25.0	There has been very little visibility from UK businesses,
1:28.3	but if the Prime Minister Rishi Sunak skipped Davos and his Chancellor,
1:32.3	Labour is here in force and they are visible.
1:35.3	Davos is actually Labour's most high profile attempt at business engagement,
1:40.3	although it has been trying to build those relations for over years.
1:43.3	Now, Starmer and Reeves, the shadow chancellor and the head of labor,
1:48.0	met with executives and investors here at the World Economic Forum
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