Wes Streeting is expected to make the economy a new front in his leadership campaign, with allies accusing Rachel Reeves and Sir Keir Starmer of lacking ambition on growth.
The former Health Secretary will make an intervention in the King’s Speech debate on Tuesday and begin to set out his policy platform in the coming days.
Allies say this will include laying out the argument for a “bolder growth agenda”, although he will not challenge the Chancellor’s iron-clad fiscal rules.
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Andy Burmham, the Mayor of Greater Manchester, has also said he would maintain the Chancellor’s fiscal rules despite suggesting previously that he would make defence spending exempt.
