Rachel Reeves

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(politician, economist)
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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"

 

Related Documents

TitleTypePublication dateAuthor(s)Description
Document:Britain didn’t vote Labour just to get a new iron chancellorArticle4 August 2024William KeeganThe economic damage wrought by Brexit continues. Our investment and growth prospects would benefit enormously if Starmer and Reeves abandoned this policy of “no return to the customs union, single market or freedom of movement”. I repeat what I have said before: the Labour manifesto commits it to removing unnecessary barriers to trade. But Brexit is the most formidable barrier of all!
Document:Rachel Reeves needs to develop some decent ideas very quicklyblog post25 May 2023Richard MurphyRachel 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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