Rachel Reeves calls for ‘more positivity’ about UK’s strengths

Britain needs “more positivity” and should beryllium “shouting from the rooftops” astir our strengths, Chancellor Rachel Reeves has said.

Ms Reeves has been making efforts to boost economical growth, travelling to Davos to question much concern successful Britain astatine the World Economic Forum’s yearly gathering and visiting China successful a bid to rebuild trading and fiscal links.

But the Labour Government’s program for the system has got disconnected to a rocky start, with the imaginable of authoritative figures adjacent period showing small to nary maturation successful the archetypal six months.

We should beryllium shouting from the rooftops

Rachel Reeves

Ms Reeves has faced unit implicit Britain’s nationalist finances successful caller weeks.

Potential tariffs from the Trump medication are besides looming.

The Chancellor was asked astir US President Donald Trump’s “boosterism” and if the UK tin larn from him.

“Yes, I deliberation we bash request much positivity,” Ms Reeves told The Times.

“I’ve challenged businesses arsenic good and said nary 1 other is going to talk up for Britain isolated from us. It hasn’t been a precise British happening to say.

“We are perfectly fantastic arsenic a country, we’ve got 4 of the champion universities successful the world. We’ve got immoderate of the astir astonishing entrepreneurs with fantastic ideas. In each the sectors that are increasing globally — AI, tech, cleanable vigor — Britain has got unbelievable strengths successful those sectors.

“We shouldn’t apologise for it and we shouldn’t beryllium each polite astir it. We should beryllium shouting from the rooftops.”