As Reeves turns towards Europe, Greens start to think harder about fiscal policy

Next week, two politicians of the left will lay out their contrasting economic visions for the country.

- Barney Macintyre Business News Editor

Zack Polanski, left, and Rachel Reeves, inset, will lay out their economic visions for the country next week.

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Reeves, the Labour chancellor, will deliver the annual Mais lecture at the Bayes Business School, which is in the heart of the City.

Zack Polanski, leader of the Greens, will set out his stall in the more humble setting of the New Economics Foundation (NEF), in Lambeth, next to the river.

Against a backdrop of surging oil prices and anaemic GDP figures, Reeves will recentre connections to Europe and tech investment as “big bets” for growth. Polanski will offer a diagnosis of how Britain’s shift from a “making stuff” economy to an “owning stuff” economy has led to a fall in living standards. So, how do the two parties compare on key issues facing business?