Rachel Reeves
speaker
202 appearances
2 recordings
1 series
first heard Jul 2026
last heard 12 Jul
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Look at the plan.
Look at the strategy that I've been pursuing.
And that strategy was to return stability to the economy, to enable interest rates to come down.
We are growing for the first time and seeing productivity growth in our economy at rates we haven't seen for a long while.
Well, of course.
I mean, debt is approaching the same size as our entire economy.
That is what I inherited as a chancellor.
But when I became chancellor, I changed the fiscal rules that govern how much you can borrow and spend.
And what we did to those fiscal rules, and this was a big change and probably the most fundamental that I've made as chancellor, it freed up £120 billion to invest in nuclear energy, in road and rail projects, particularly in the
north of England in digital infrastructure so that we can seize those opportunities.
As a result, we are investing in infrastructure in a way we haven't done as a country for a long time.
And that is crucial.
There is a difference, Laura, between borrowing to invest and borrowing to fund day-to-day services.
A little bit like the difference between borrowing to pay for the weekly shop and borrowing to buy a house.
And it is perfectly reasonable to borrow to fund infrastructure investment that will have a payoff over years and decades to come.
No regrets.
No, I think the most important thing that I've done as Chancellor is to change the fiscal rules, which has enabled us to invest once again.
We are building new hospitals.
We are rebuilding schools whose roofs were literally crumbling in because of concrete problems.
So, no, it is the right thing to do to increase that investment.
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