Jeremy Hunt warns Reeves against ‘declinism’ on UK’s prospects

Jeremy Hunt: ‘When you look at the sectors that are going to grow fastest this century, it’s often in services, tech, life sciences, where the UK is really strong’

Jeremy Hunt, the former Conservative chancellor who pulled the UK back from the brink after Liz Truss’s “mini” Budget, has urged Britain to end the “self loathing” and start feeling confident about the future.

Hunt said Rachel Reeves, his Labour successor as chancellor, had been too gloomy and had fuelled a mood of “declinism” but he said Britain was strong in key growth sectors and should stop talking itself down.