The Treasury should be broken up and replaced with a "Department for Growth" based in Birmingham, the Liberal Democrats have said.In a speech on Tuesday morning, Lib Dem deputy leader Daisy Cooper attacked the Treasury as "anti-growth" and proposed a radical shake-up of the British state.

The Treasury should be broken up and replaced with a "Department for Growth" based in Birmingham, the Liberal Democrats have said.In a speech on Tuesday morning, Lib Dem deputy leader Daisy Cooper attacked the Treasury as "anti-growth" and proposed a radical shake-up of the British state.