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}}'''Rachel Reeves''' is a British [[Labour Party]] politician and an economist whom [[Keir Starmer]] appointed [[Chancellor of the Exchequer]] on 5 July 2024.<ref>''[https://www.theguardian.com/society/article/2024/jul/31/heres-how-rachel-reeves-could-plug-the-black-hole-in-britains-finances "Here’s how Rachel Reeves could plug the black hole in Britain’s finances"]''</ref>
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'''Rachel Reeves''' (born 13 February 1979) is a British Labour Party politician and an economist. She has served as the Member of Parliament for Leeds West since the 2010 General Election and has been tipped as a future [[Leader of the Labour Party]].<ref>Jonny Greatrex [http://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/local-news/mp-tom-watson-finds-new-231324 "MP Tom Watson finds new love after break up of marriage"], ''Birmingham Mail'', 26 August 2012</ref>
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On 30 July 2024, tax campaigner [[Richard Murphy]] posted on [[YouTube]]:{{QB|
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:"If Rachel Reeves wants to go down as one of the worst Chancellors in history, then she set about establishing her claim with yesterday’s ‘blame the Tories for things we all already knew’ speech.
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:"When her ambition is to penalise pensioners but let the rich off tax increases, you know how badly she’s misjudged the mood of the country."<ref>''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iUAkXt7Tq6I "Rachel Reeves could not have done worse than this"]''</ref>}}
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==Political career==
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Rachel Reeves has been the Member of Parliament for Leeds West since the 2010 General Election and had been tipped as a future [[Leader of the Labour Party]].<ref>''[http://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/local-news/mp-tom-watson-finds-new-231324 "MP Tom Watson finds new love after break up of marriage"]''</ref>
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On 5 April 2020, the newly elected [[Leader of the Labour Party|Labour leader]] [[Keir Starmer]] appointed Rachel Reeves Shadow Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and [[Shadow Minister for the Cabinet Office]].
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Following Labour's crushing defeat in the [[2021 Hartlepool by-election]] Rachel Reeves was appointed [[Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer]] on 9 May 2021.<ref>''[https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/who-rachel-reeves-record-profile-24075391 "Who is Rachel Reeves? Record and profile of Keir Starmer's new Shadow Chancellor"]''</ref>
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Reeves was [[Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions]] from 2013 but vowed not to return to the shadow cabinet after her maternity leave following [[Jeremy Corbyn]]'s victory in the 2015 Labour leadership election. Reeves was also chair of the Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Committee from 2017 to 2020.<ref>''[https://web.archive.org/web/20170816081540/https://www.parliament.uk/business/committees/committees-a-z/commons-select/business-energy-industrial-strategy/news-parliament-2017/chair-elected-17-19/ "Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Committee"]''</ref>
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==Labour relations==
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Reeves' younger sister, [[Ellie Reeves|Ellie]], was a member of Labour's [[National Executive Committee]] and Joint Policy Committee until being voted off in August 2016, and is married to former [[Parliamentary Labour Party]] chair [[John Cryer]], who was Labour MP for Leyton and Wanstead until the [[UK/General election/2024]].<ref>''[http://www.progressonline.org.uk/2011/11/18/like-ed-we-should-all-be-friends-of-israel/ "Like Ed, we should all be friends of Israel"]''</ref>
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[[Ellie Reeves]] was elected MP for Lewisham West and Penge in the [[UK/2017 General Election|June 2017 General Election]].<ref>''[https://twitter.com/elliereeves/status/873006389857275910 "Delighted to have been elected as the Member of Parliament for Lewisham West and Penge with a majority of 23,174"]''</ref>
  
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Rachel Reeves was Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions from 2013 but vowed not to return to the shadow cabinet after her maternity leave following [[Jeremy Corbyn]]'s victory in the 2015 Labour leadership election.
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Rachel Reeves is married to the Director General of the [[Cabinet Office]]'s Economic and Domestic Secretariat, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicholas_Joicey Nicholas Joicey,] who previously worked as private secretary and speech writer to [[Chancellor of the Exchequer]] [[Gordon Brown]].<ref>''[[Document:Rachel Reeves needs to develop some decent ideas very quickly]]''</ref>
  
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Reeves' younger sister, [[Ellie Reeves|Ellie]], was a member of Labour's [[National Executive Committee]] and [[Joint Policy Committee]] until being voted off in August 2016, and is married to [[Parliamentary Labour Party]] chair [[John Cryer]], Labour MP for Leyton and Wanstead.<ref>[http://www.progressonline.org.uk/2011/11/18/like-ed-we-should-all-be-friends-of-israel/ "Like Ed, we should all be friends of Israel"]</ref> Ellie Reeves was elected MP for Lewisham West and Penge in the [[UK/2017 General Election|June 2017 General Election]].<ref>''[https://twitter.com/elliereeves/status/873006389857275910 "Delighted to have been elected as the Member of Parliament for Lewisham West and Penge with a majority of 23,174"]''</ref>
 
 
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Person.png Rachel Reeves   Powerbase Sourcewatch Twitter WebsiteRdf-entity.pngRdf-icon.png
(politician, economist)
Rachel Reeves.jpg
BornRachel Jane Reeves
13 February 1979
Lewisham, London, England
Alma materNew College (Oxford), London School of Economics
SpouseNicholas Joicey
Member ofLabour Friends of Israel
PartyLabour
Relatives • Ellie Reeves
• John Cryer
Rachel Reeves coined the term 'Securonomics'[1]

Employment.png Chancellor of the Exchequer Wikipedia-icon.png

In office
5 July 2024 - Present
Appointed byKeir Starmer
Preceded byJeremy Hunt

Employment.png Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer Wikipedia-icon.png

In office
9 May 2021 - 5 July 2024
Appointed byKeir Starmer
Preceded byAnneliese Dodds

Employment.png Shadow Minister for the Cabinet Office

In office
5 April 2020 - 9 May 2021
Appointed byKeir Starmer
Succeeded byAngela Rayner

Employment.png Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions

In office
7 October 2013 - 8 June 2015
Preceded byLiam Byrne
Succeeded byStephen Timms

Employment.png Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury Wikipedia-icon.png

In office
7 October 2011 - 7 October 2013
Preceded byAngela Eagle
Succeeded byChristopher Leslie

Employment.png Member of Parliament for Leeds West

In office
6 May 2010 - Present

Rachel Reeves is a British Labour Party politician and an economist whom Keir Starmer appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer on 5 July 2024.[2]

On 30 July 2024, tax campaigner Richard Murphy posted on YouTube:

"If Rachel Reeves wants to go down as one of the worst Chancellors in history, then she set about establishing her claim with yesterday’s ‘blame the Tories for things we all already knew’ speech.
"When her ambition is to penalise pensioners but let the rich off tax increases, you know how badly she’s misjudged the mood of the country."[3]

Political career

Rachel Reeves has been the Member of Parliament for Leeds West since the 2010 General Election and had been tipped as a future Leader of the Labour Party.[4]

On 5 April 2020, the newly elected Labour leader Keir Starmer appointed Rachel Reeves Shadow Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Shadow Minister for the Cabinet Office.

Following Labour's crushing defeat in the 2021 Hartlepool by-election Rachel Reeves was appointed Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer on 9 May 2021.[5]

Reeves was Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions from 2013 but vowed not to return to the shadow cabinet after her maternity leave following Jeremy Corbyn's victory in the 2015 Labour leadership election. Reeves was also chair of the Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Committee from 2017 to 2020.[6]

Labour relations

Reeves' younger sister, Ellie, was a member of Labour's National Executive Committee and Joint Policy Committee until being voted off in August 2016, and is married to former Parliamentary Labour Party chair John Cryer, who was Labour MP for Leyton and Wanstead until the UK/General election/2024.[7]

Ellie Reeves was elected MP for Lewisham West and Penge in the June 2017 General Election.[8]

Rachel Reeves is married to the Director General of the Cabinet Office's Economic and Domestic Secretariat, Nicholas Joicey, who previously worked as private secretary and speech writer to Chancellor of the Exchequer Gordon Brown.[9]


 

Event Participated in

EventStartEndLocation(s)Description
WEF/Annual Meeting/202316 January 202320 January 2023Switzerland
World Economic Forum		The theme of the meeting was "Cooperation in a Fragmented World"

 

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References

  1. ↑ "Rachel Reeves: ‘Securonomics’"
  2. ↑ "Here’s how Rachel Reeves could plug the black hole in Britain’s finances"
  3. ↑ "Rachel Reeves could not have done worse than this"
  4. ↑ "MP Tom Watson finds new love after break up of marriage"
  5. ↑ "Who is Rachel Reeves? Record and profile of Keir Starmer's new Shadow Chancellor"
  6. ↑ "Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Committee"
  7. ↑ "Like Ed, we should all be friends of Israel"
  8. ↑ "Delighted to have been elected as the Member of Parliament for Lewisham West and Penge with a majority of 23,174"
  9. ↑ Document:Rachel Reeves needs to develop some decent ideas very quickly
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