Rachel Reeves
United Kingdom
Labour
member of the 59th Parliament of the United Kingdom
government
Rachel Jane Reeves is a British politician who has served as Chancellor of the Exchequer since 2024. A member of the Labour Party, she has been Member of Parliament (MP) for Leeds West and Pudsey, formerly Leeds West, since 2010. She held various shadow ministerial and shadow cabinet portfolios between 2010 and 2015 and from 2020 to 2024.
Standing...
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Oct 2, 2026
Lean Right
The Chancellor is under fire for hinting at tax rises in the Budget despite Labour's election promises.
Conservatives accuse her of laying the groundwork for a tax raid on workers and businesses to cover Labour's spending pledges.
Oct 2, 2026
Lean Right
Chancellor criticised for Budget tax rises and a fiscal plan that critics say will stifle growth.
Tories accuse her of breaking manifesto promises on national insurance and income tax, and of punishing aspiration.
Sep 30, 2026
Lean Right
Under fire for her first Budget, which raised taxes on business and inheritance, despite Labour's promise not to tax working people.
Conservatives blame her for choking growth and breaking Labour's manifesto pledge on taxes.
Sep 29, 2026
Lean Right
The Chancellor is under fire for her budget plans and warnings from business groups about tax rises.
Conservatives blame her for threatening economic growth and breaking Labour's promise not to raise taxes on working people.
Sep 28, 2026
Lean Right
Reeves is facing backlash from business leaders and her own MPs over the national insurance rise and spending cuts.
Conservatives see Reeves as a tax-and-spend Chancellor whose Budget is stifling growth and punishing workers and entrepreneurs.
Sep 26, 2026
Lean Right
The Chancellor is under fire for tax rises and a Budget that critics say hits workers and pensioners.
Tories see her as the face of Labour's tax-and-spend agenda and a key target over growth and borrowing.
Sep 26, 2026
Far Right
The Chancellor is the implicit subject of the Sun's 'tax raid' framing, with savings deals being pushed as a pre-emptive move ahead of her Budget.
Reform UK blames Reeves for punishing savers and job creators with tax rises while welfare spending spirals, epitomising everything wrong with Labour's economic management.
Sep 25, 2026
Lean Right
The Chancellor is defending her Budget amid criticism from business groups, farmers, and opposition parties over tax rises.
Conservatives criticise Reeves for raising employer National Insurance and inheritance tax on farms, arguing it will stifle investment and betray rural communities.
Sep 24, 2026
Lean Left
The former Chancellor is referenced in coverage of Burnham's Budget comments about tax rises in 2024 and 2025.
Labour loyalists defend Reeves's record of fixing the Tory mess, but her legacy of tax hikes is now a political liability that Burnham must navigate carefully.
Sep 24, 2026
Lean Right
The Chancellor is under fire for refusing to confirm whether pensioners will face a real-terms cut in the winter fuel allowance.
Conservatives say Labour is punishing savers and pensioners while protecting public sector pay deals.