A Labour MP has signalled his objection to an expansion of Heathrow Airport, saying that building more runway capacity would not help reach the government's net zero goals. Chancellor Rachel Reeves has hinted the government would support a third runway at the London airport.

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,

Soon after her UK budget on Oct. 30, as economic sentiment plummeted and businesses protested higher taxes, an under-pressure Rachel Reeves had one key message for Treasury officials: “We need to go further and faster on growth.

The chancellor raised taxes in the Budget - but now she wants to get rid of barriers to business. Why the change of focus?