Shadow chancellor to deliver prestigious Mais lecture and will announce plans to rewire the Treasury
Good morning. Rachel Reeves, the shadow chancellor, is delivering the Mais lecture today, an annual City of London event where someone from the world of finance is invited to give an hour-long, heavyweight address on economics. It’s a very presitigious gig, and the organisers like to invite someone powerful and important. It seems they didn’t want to hear from Jeremy Hunt.
We won’t get the full text of Reeve’s lecture until later, but Labour has released some substantial extracts in advance and there are two elements of particular note. First, in news terms, Reeves is announcing plans to rewire the Treasury to put more focus on achieving growth. Larry Elliott has the details here. Second, in political positioning terms, Reeves is aligning herself with Margaret Thatcher.
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