Rachel Reeves has been accused of being "out of ideas" as she is set to outline plans for strengthening ties with the EU.
As part of the annual Mais lecture in the City of London, the Chancellor will set out her "three big choices" for the decade to come: deepening ties with the EU, expanding AI and other technology, and "growth in every part of Britain".
The Chancellor is expected to say: "In this changing world, Britain is not powerless. We can shape our own future. Our method is stability, investment and reform, through an active and strategic state.
"Today, I am making three big choices on the greatest growth opportunities for Britain in the decade to come: growth in every part of Britain, AI and innovation, and a deeper relationship with the EU.
"Our plan is clear. To build for growth, to champion innovation, and to make Britain the place where the industries of the future are created."
However, she was met with criticism from Reform UK's Treasury Spokesman Robert Jenrick, who told The Express: "The idea that Labour’s EU reset is going to bring back jobs and leave people with more money in their pocket is for the birds.
"Rachel Reeves is out of ideas and has been reduced to trying to dig up failed policies from the past. She should start fixing the mess she made, beginning by scrapping her ridiculous plan to raise fuel duty."
Shadow Chancellor Sir Mel Stride added: "It’s no secret that Reeves and Starmer have wanted to row back on Brexit since day one and we can expect to hear more detail on Labour’s plan to drag us closer to the EU at the Chancellor’s speech today.
"Labour are desperate to blame anyone but themselves for their economic failures.
"Under increasing pressure, having mismanaged the economy, Reeves would rather point the finger at Brexit than accept their poor choices have been a disaster for our economy."
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Treasury Secretary issues update on meningitis outbreak
Daniel Tomlinson on GB News this morning
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A Treasury minister has issued an update on the meningitis outbreak in Kent.
Dan Tomlinson told GB News: "It is of course very concerning and my heart goes out to the families and friends of the two young people who have sadly lost their lives because of this outbreak.
"At the moment there are 11 other cases. The Government is working very hard on this.
"Students in Kent and those who have been to the particular bar should be coming forward to get treatment and the antibiotics that they need.
"The Government will monitor this really closely. Any action we need to take to protect people, we will take."
When pressed about why there was a delay in getting information out to the public, he said: "We have to be as swift as possible and it is important to get it right. We are acting quickly to make the antibiotics available.
"This will be top of the Health Secretary's list today to make sure information and support is there for people."
Labour minister warns Reform's immigration plans would lead to trade war with EU
Nick Thomas-Symonds has taken aim at Reform UK
| PAA Labour minister has warned Nigel Farage's plans to take welfare support away from EU settled citizens under a Reform-led Government would lead to "some sort of trade war"with Brussels.
Nick Thomas-Symonds told The Independent: "Frankly, with that, we probably would end up with us in some sort of trade war with the EU. That really isn’t what we need.
"Think, as well, of the progress we’ve been making recently, working constructively with the EU on the ‘Made in Europe’ agenda, to try to make sure there’s no additional trade barriers being erected.
"Nigel Farage would put all that at risk."
Voters split on Labour's response to Iran war
Britons have been split on whether Sir Keir Starmer is dealing with the ongoing war in Iran.
According to the poll by YouGov, 41 per cent of voters think the prime minister has responded badly to the US and Israel's actions against Tehran, versus 37 per cent well.
However, 59 per cent of people who voted for Labour in 2024 think the Prime Minister is handling the crisis well.
Sky News reports that only 11 per cent think the US and Israel's actions against Iran will leave the world a safer place.
Meanwhile, 34 per cent think it will leave the world less safe, and 37 per cent think it would make not much real difference.
Conservative frontbencher says the Government 'needs to get on' response to Meningitis outbreak
Shadow Work and Pensions Secretary Helen Whately has said the Government needs to get a response to the Meningitis outbreak in Kent "fast."
The MP for Faversham and Mid Kent said: "I'm really really concerned. As a Kent MP, the school where one of the pupils has tragically died is in my constituency.
"I'm a parent with a child of my own in Year 13 and I know that year group and the students at the University socialise together in Canterbury.
"We know that this was spreading the weekend before last. It's really important the UK Health Security Agency gets on this fast."
Conservative frontbencher 'really frustrated' with Keir Starmer's response to Iran war
Shadow Work and Pensions Secretary Helen Whatley on GB News this morning
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A senior Conservative has said Sir Keir Starmer has shown himself at his "most indecisive worst" over his response to the war in Iran.
Shadow Work and Pensions Secretary Helen Whately told GB News: "I'm really frustrated with Keir Starmer, our Prime Minister.
"We've got a very serious situation and he is showing himself at his weakest and most indecisive worst. He has just been sitting on the fence.
"Kemi Badenoch was clear, we would have allowed the US to use our military bases and we think we should be standing up and defending our own personell and assets in the Middle East."
Dame Esther Rantzen says peers must 'face the facts' over assisted dying bill
Dame Esther Rantzen has urged peers in the House of Lords to "face the facts" and back assisted dying legislation, saying a "small minority" is trying to sabotage the Bill.
Opponents of the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill have been continually accused of trying to "talk out" the Bill as it makes its way through the upper chamber, where it will fail if it does not pass before the current parliamentary session ends in May.
Speaking to the BBC, Dame Esther said: "I’m just begging the House of Lords to face the facts, which is the elected chamber has voted, a majority, for this to go through.
"The majority of the public want and need this Bill."
RECAP: Reform council to vote to declare small boats crisis 'terrorist threat'
Reform Councillors on Kent County Council made the announcement
| PAKent County Council's Reform UK administration is set to vote on declaring an "illegal migration emergency" this Thursday, in what is believed to be the first such declaration by a local authority.
The motion, tabled by councillors David Wimble and Jeremy Eustace, argues that the county sits at the frontline of Channel crossings that are placing considerable pressure on local services and finances.
A five-page report accompanying the proposal warns that small boat arrivals are "likely to contain a number of potential terrorist cells, supporting IS and al-Qaeda".
Here's what's happening today in Westminster
Good Morning and Happy St Patrick's Day from all of us on the GB News Politics team. Here's what's happening today in Westminster and beyond.
Sir Keir Starmer will have his weekly cabinet meeting this morning as he rallies his top team with the war in Iran rumbling on.
He'll also be joined in Downing Street by President Volodymyr Zelensky and Nato chief Mark Rutte today to discuss the war in Ukraine and the fallout from Donald Trump's swipe at Sir Keir last night.
President Trump has said he is "not happy" with Downing Street after the Prime Minister said he wanted a "viable" option to reopen the Strait of Hormuz.
He said: "I was very surprised with the United Kingdom, because the United Kingdom, two weeks ago, I said, 'Why don’t you send some ships over' and he really didn’t want to do it.
"I said 'You don’t want to do it? We’ve been with you. You’re our oldest ally and we spend a lot of money on Nato and all of these things to protect you'...I think it’s terrible. I was very surprised."
Reform's senior trio of Nigel Farage, Robert Jenrick and Richard Tice will be holding press conference today setting out their economic plans.
Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch is in East Surrey with her Shadow Energy Secretary Claire Coutinho while MSPs will decide if assisted dying should be legalized in Scotland when they cast a key vote this evening
Here on GB News, we'll be joined by Shadow Work and Pensions Secretary Helen Whately and Secretary to the Treasury Dan Tomlinson.
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