Rachel Reeves has set out a series of major announcements on infrastructure projects, including backing plans for a third runway at Heathrow Airport. She promised to go "further and faster" than previous governments after years of sluggish growth in the UK.

British finance minister Rachel Reeves spelled out her plans to revive the country's slow-moving economy on Wednesday, adding to recent pledges to reform investment and planning rules with a commitment to back airport expansion at Heathrow.

Rachel Reeves has vowed to slash red tape and go for growth in a quest to make working people feel “better off”.

Heathrow's third runway can be built and operating in a decade's time, Chancellor Rachel Reeves has said. Reeves told the BBC she wanted to see "spades in the ground" in the current Parliament and planes to start using the runway by 2035.

Chancellor also vows bat tunnels will not be used in UK infrastructure projects as she defends new growth measures

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