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Packaging featuring pre-decimalisation pricing and Fry’s branding inspires campaign to deduce its exact age

Warning by vice-chancellor Deborah Prentice comes as ‘Silicon Valley’ planned between Oxford and Cambridge

Chancellor Rachel Reeves has supported a number of major infrastructure schemes in a speech on growth on Wednesday.

The EA has lifted objections to new housing in Cambridge, while a new reservoir will provide long-term supplies to the water-stressed region.

COMMENT: Allies insist that, after a gloomy start in the job, the chancellor had long planned to shift up a gear – but her announcement of a third Heathrow runway and a ‘Silicon Valley’ from Oxford to Cambridge felt suspiciously like someone in a hurry to correct her own mistakes,…

Rachel Reeves put support for a third runway at the London hub airport at the heart of her plan to kickstart the UK economy.

The Chancellor backed the expansion of Heathrow, and plans to turn Oxford and Cambridge into ‘Europe’s Silicon Valley’ in a bid to boost the economy.

Critics say chancellor’s ‘growth at all costs’ plans are not compatible with UK’s climate targets

Rachel Reeves struck a more positive note on the economy as she announced a slew of infrastructure projects.