Cabinet ministers face economic growth test for new policies Sir Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves have ordered Cabinet colleagues to ditch policies which could stand in the way of efforts to grow the economy.
Ministers will be expected to set out the growth credentials of new policies in order to get approval from their Cabinet colleagues, in a shake-up to the usual system to get “collective agreement” on substantive changes.
The Chancellor will deliver a major speech on Wednesday setting out plans for growth, expected to include support for expansion of Heathrow airport – an issue which Cabinet ministers including Energy Secretary Ed Miliband have opposed in the past.
“So what Rachel and I have done is to make it clear to each of our Cabinet colleagues that in each of their briefs, growth is the number one mission,” he said.
The Prime Minister said the Government’s “growth mission” was now the driving force behind policy decisions.
