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Rachel Reeves tells MPs of plans to go ‘further and faster’ in pursuit of growth

Chancellor reassures Labour colleagues that climate concerns go ‘hand in hand’ with economic ambitions

Rachel Reeves has told MPs the government needs to go “further and faster” to increase economic growth, as Downing Street sought to reassure people concerned about the environment that net zero and increasing output go “hand in hand”.

The chancellor has unnerved some Labour MPs and green campaigners with her increasingly punchy rhetoric about economic growth being a priority over preventing climate change, as she strives to improve the UK’s anaemic forecasts and drive up living standards.

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