UK should learn from Donald Trump’s ‘boosterism’, Rachel Reeves says

Reeves, pictured in 11 Downing Street, said the UK ‘should be shouting from the rooftops’. Photograph: Sarah Lee/The Guardian

Britain needs to learn from Donald Trump’s “boosterism” and be more positive about its strengths, the UK chancellor has said.

Rachel Reeves said the UK should be “shouting from the rooftops”, after travelling to Davos to seek more investment in Britain at the World Economic Forum’s annual meeting and visiting China in an effort to rebuild trading and financial links.