Rachel Reeves unveils Labour's plan to fast-track UK infrastructure

Shadow chancellor vows to 'get Britain building again' to boost economic growth and net zero hopes

Rachel Reeves
Business leaders were quick to welcome Rachel Reeves' speech to the Labour Party conference in Liverpool
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Shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves has unveiled Labour's plans to "get Britain building again" by reforming the "antiquated" planning system.

Reeves used her speech at the Labour Party conference in Liverpool today to make the case for "overhauling planning rules to speed up green energy, battery factories and 5G projects" as one of the best ways to achieve economic growth, the BBC reported.

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 Sorcha Bradley is a writer at The Week and a regular on “The Week Unwrapped” podcast. She worked at The Week magazine for a year and a half before taking up her current role with the digital team, where she mostly covers UK current affairs and politics. Before joining The Week, Sorcha worked at slow-news start-up Tortoise Media. She has also written for Sky News, The Sunday Times, the London Evening Standard and Grazia magazine, among other publications. She has a master’s in newspaper journalism from City, University of London, where she specialised in political journalism.