Rachel Reeves: “We are turning that around with the biggest uplift in defence spending since the end of the Cold War.”

In the age of insecurity in which we live, the economic strength of our country rests on strategic alliances, and no alliance is more important to us than our relationship with the European Union.

The economy today is stronger, fairer and more resilient because of the choices we have taken as a Labour Government over the past two years.

I am absolutely certain if we could go back two years, there are choices that I made that would be different.

Stability restored, investment delivered and reform to our economy under way. I said when I was appointed Chancellor that I would judge my time in office if the lives ordinary working class people have been improved. I’m proud to say that…