Labour’s “number one mission” is to grow the economy by being “more pro-business than Tony Blair”, shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves has said. The Leeds West MP said she believes her pro-business approach will be “the way to improve living ­standards and to achieve our potential” as a nation “by unlocking private business investment”. Ms Reeves told the Times: “If I become chancellor, the next Labour government is going to be the most pro-business government this country has ever seen. “I recognise that is different from the Labour parties that went into the last few general elections. But this is the best way to grow the economy and lift living standards.” Labour has major plans to revamp the business sector and boost the UK economy, including becoming the fastest-growing economy in the G7. Ms Reeves said to achieve this, financial institutions and business groups would be welcomed and included by politicians in the rooms where the big decisions are made. “We’re not going to grow the economy by having the best civil servants and the best ministers involved. We’re going to grow the economy by understanding business,” she said. She also hinted that Labour would consider increasing workers’ rights, and The Times...