PM’s CBI speech ‘shambolic’ says shadow chancellor

Labour’s shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves has blasted the prime minister’s speech to the CBI’s annual conference as “shambolic” this afternoon.

She told LBC radio that: “Labour believes that government and business should work hand in hand to boost our recovery, grow our economy, and create prosperity across every part of the UK.

“The prime minister’s shambolic speech today not only shows how unseriously he takes British business, but also how his government lacks any plan for growth or to propel our enterprising nations forward.

“No one was laughing, because the joke’s not funny anymore.”

Johnson told reporters this afternoon that he thought the speech “went over well”.