Rachel Reeves

Rachel Reeves       (politician, economist)
Born	Rachel Jane Reeves 13 February 1979 Lewisham, London, England
Alma mater	New College (Oxford), London School of Economics
Spouse	Nicholas Joicey
Member of	Labour Friends of Israel
Party	Labour
Relatives	• Ellie Reeves • John Cryer
Rachel Reeves coined the term 'Securonomics'  Chancellor of the Exchequer  In office 5 July 2024 - Present Appointed by Keir Starmer Preceded by Jeremy Hunt  Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer  In office 9 May 2021 - 5 July 2024 Appointed by Keir Starmer Preceded by Anneliese Dodds  Shadow Minister for the Cabinet Office In office 5 April 2020 - 9 May 2021 Appointed by Keir Starmer Succeeded by Angela Rayner  Chair of the Business Innovation and Skills Select Committee In office 12 July 2017 - 5 April 2020  Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions In office 7 October 2013 - 8 June 2015 Preceded by Liam Byrne Succeeded by Stephen Timms  Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury  In office 7 October 2011 - 7 October 2013 Preceded by Angela Eagle Succeeded by Christopher Leslie  Member of Parliament for Leeds West In office 6 May 2010 - Present

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

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."

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

 

Event Participated in

Event	Start	End	Location(s)	Description
WEF/Annual Meeting/2023	16 January 2023	20 January 2023	Switzerland World Economic Forum	The theme of the meeting was "Cooperation in a Fragmented World"

 

Related Document

Title	Type	Publication date	Author(s)	Description
Document:Rachel Reeves needs to develop some decent ideas very quickly	blog post	25 May 2023	Richard Murphy	Rachel Reeves is a person out of time, out of ideas, and right now with no answer to any question that might reasonably be asked of her. It's very depressing.

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