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Coffee House Shots

'Props to Rachel'

Coffee House Shots

The Spectator

News, Politics, Government, Daily News

4.42.1K Ratings

🗓️ 29 January 2025

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Summary

Today was the day for Rachel Reeves, as she delivered her big growth speech in Oxfordshire. This was not this government’s first attempt to pivot towards a more business-friendly, growth-generating narrative, but it was its best effort. The headline announcement is, of course, a third runway at Heathrow, throwing her support behind the ‘badly needed’ expansion.

However, a lot of what was announced will sound familiar to recently departed Tories, who laid the groundwork for Labour’s plans to properly connect the South East (or the ‘Oxford–Cambridge Arc’, as it has been repackaged). Will Rachel Reeves get her growth?

Katy Balls speaks to Michael Gove and Kate Andrews.

Produced by Oscar Edmondson.

For tickets to our first Coffee House Shots live event of 2025, go to: spectator.co.uk/coffeehouselive

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0:00.0

We are very pleased to announce the full line-up for our Coffee House Shots live event on the 26th

0:04.9

February at the Emanuel Centre in Westminster. Join Coffee House Shots regulars, Michael Gove,

0:10.1

Casey Balls, Kate Andrews, as well as very special guests, Robert Jenrick and Jonathan Ashworth

0:15.0

for a look to the year ahead. They will be tackling such questions as, can the Chancellor

0:19.9

reframe the budget in her first spring statement?

0:22.1

What will Trump's first 100 days look like?

0:24.6

And will reform cause an upset at the local elections?

0:27.3

So that's Emmanuel Centre, 7.30, 26th of February.

0:30.8

And for tickets, go to spectator.com.ukh, forward slash coffeehouse live.

0:35.2

We look forward to seeing you there.

0:40.4

Hello, and welcome to Coffee House Shot, Suspectators' Daily Politics Podcast.

0:44.8

I'm Katie Bulls, and I'm joined by Michael Gove and Kate Andrews.

0:48.6

We've just had Rachel Reeves' big speech on growth.

0:51.8

Here's a clip of what she had to say.

0:53.3

For too long, we have accepted low expectations and accepted decline. We no longer have to do that.

1:01.8

We can do so much better. Low growth is not our destiny. Kate, talk us through the main

1:08.9

announcements. A lot of it had been in the ether, so to speak, in advance.

1:12.8

It had.

1:13.5

The Chancellor went to Davos last week, the big political corporate conference in Switzerland run by the World Economic Forum.

1:21.8

And there she hinted at some pretty major infrastructure plans and growth initiatives.

1:28.5

It was a whole new Rachel,

1:33.0

one might say, and she brought these ideas to Oxfordshire this morning, where she formally announced that this government backs a third runway at Heathrow. It wants to create Europe's Silicon Valley

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