Rachel Reeves pledges to support 'sustainable growth' as new Business Committee chair
Reeves wins coveted post as chair of BEIS Committee, as Mary Creagh and Neil Parish re-elected to key environmental roles
Labour's Rachel Reeves has been elected as the new chair of the Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Select Committee, and will now be tasked with making good on her promise to establish "sustainable...
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