Business leaders scold Rachel Reeves over 'entirely performative' meetings as energy crisis hits UK economy

British business leaders have criticised Chancellor Rachel Reeves’ planned meetings with retail and banking executives, describing the move as "entirely performative" as the energy crisis intensifies. Helen Dickinson, chief executive of the british retail consortium, urged ministers to "focus on its energy policy and the pipeline of additional policy costs that are about to impact businesses". She told the Financial Times that "this seems to be a solution looking for a problem