Rachel Reeves to pledge to ‘fight’ for growth in economic speech - The Chancellor will claim the so-called ‘Oxford-Cambridge growth corridor’ has ‘the potential to be Europe’s Silicon Valley’.

British finance minister Rachel Reeves will say on Wednesday that she is ready for a fight to push forward her plans to speed up the country's slow-moving economy that have grown in urgency after this month's bond market slump.

Rachel Reeves will unveil her plans to get the economy firing - with plans to unlock a string of major projects, including in Greater Manchester, Cambridge and London

The Chancellor will declare that “growth won’t come without a fight” as she unveils her plan to turnaround Britain’s ailing economy with billions of pounds of investment and new infrastructure projects.

When the chancellor stands up and delivers her much-anticipated speech on Wednesday - with all sorts of exciting schemes for new infrastructure and growth-friendly reforms - she will cast it as part of the new government's long-standing economic strategy.

That left Rachel Reeves, Britain’s chancellor, with an uphill task when she arrived at the Swiss alpine town to court investors at the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum. She met a raft of Wall Street bosses,

Growth will not come 'without fight' Chancellor to say as she announces plans to kickstart economy - Rachel Reeves will use her speech to back controversial development and new transport links and is