This live blog is closed.Rachel Reeves has finished the speech, in which she confirmed a range of measures to speed up planning. I will post a full summary shortly.She is now taking questions.I have repeatedly warned that whoever won the general election would inherit the worst set of circumstances since the second world war.What I have seen in the past 72 hours has only confirmed that. Our economy has been held back by decisions deferred and decisions ducked. Political self-interest put ahead of the national interest. A government that put party first and country second.New Treasury analysis I requested over the weekend exposed the opportunities lost from this failure.Had the UK economy grown at the average rate of OECD economies since 2010, it would have been over £140bn larger. Continue reading...
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