Rachel Reeves to announce economic advisory council to boost UK growth

Exclusive: Chancellor is making appointments for new body that will help guide Labour's national mission' of economic renewal

Rachel Reeves is poised to announce the creation of a new council of economic advisers to help guide Labour's number one national mission" of expanding the economy.

After last week's general election landslide, the chancellor of the exchequer has lined up the appointment of a leading academic from the London School of Economics (LSE) to chair the council, which will help to inform the government's growth policies.