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The News Agents

Rachel Reeves comes out fighting

The News Agents

Global

Daily News, News, Government, Politics

4.24.3K Ratings

🗓️ 29 January 2025

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

The high point of the political week was set to be Rachel Reeves speech in Oxford on how to grow the economy. Has she convinced anyone with her plans? And has she changed the country’s mood? Why did all her cabinet colleagues who voted against Heathrow expansion last time suddenly see the light this time around?

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0:00.0

The Newsagents podcast is brought to you by HSBC UK, opening up a world of opportunity.

0:09.0

This is a global player original podcast.

0:12.6

Economic growth is the number one mission of this government. Without growth, we cannot cut

0:19.3

hospital waiting lists or put more police on the streets. Without growth, we cannot cut hospital waiting lists or put more police on the streets.

0:22.6

Without growth, we cannot meet our climate goals or give the next generation the opportunities that they need to thrive.

0:30.6

But most of all, without economic growth, we cannot improve the living standards of ordinary working people.

0:39.3

Because growth isn't simply about lines on a graph.

0:43.3

It's about the pounds in people's pockets, the vibrancy of our high street.

0:48.3

This is Rachel Reeves' big manifesto for growth, setting out a stall of how a Labour government is going to transform

0:56.5

the UK economy. Though maybe not one of the most inspiring communicators, she borrowed a phrase from

1:03.3

one of Labour's greats. No, not Tony Blair, Harold Wilson, it's all about the pound in your pocket.

1:10.3

So today, we'll take you through what she's promised to bring this country in Harold Wilson, it's all about the pound in your pocket.

1:15.9

So today, we'll take you through what she's promised to bring this country in terms of growth and what might very well stand in her way.

1:19.7

Welcome to the newsagents.

1:23.7

The newsagents.

1:25.1

It's John.

1:25.8

It's Emily.

1:26.4

It's Lewis.

1:27.2

And it is a big potato's speech that she has delivered today.

1:31.6

Because I think it did kind of answer a lot of the questions about, well, where is this

1:35.9

mythical growth going to come from?

1:37.7

Now, the question you raise about how soon do we see the fruits of it is a very legitimate

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