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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Pippa Crerar and Heather Stewart

Reeves plans to create ‘Silicon Valley’ between Oxford and Cambridge

Rachel Reeves
Rachel Reeves is also expected to confirm plans to expand Heathrow airport, overhaul planning rules and fast-track building projects. Photograph: Chris Ratcliffe/EPA

Rachel Reeves is unveiling plans to create “Europe’s Silicon Valley” between Oxford and Cambridge as she stakes the government’s success on kickstarting economic growth and putting more pounds in people’s pockets.

The chancellor will announce a blueprint to improve infrastructure across the region that will add up to £78bn to the UK economy within a decade, according to industry experts, and put it at the forefront of science and technological advances.

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