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.
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Oct 10, 2026
Far Right
As Chancellor, Reeves is set to end the 5p fuel duty cut in January, prompting Reform's campaign against the rise.
Reform accuses Reeves of being anti-motorist and prioritising green ideology over family budgets.
Oct 10, 2026
Lean Right
She has just delivered a Budget with £40bn in tax rises, including increased employer National Insurance and changes to inheritance tax for farmers.
Conservatives see her as the architect of a job-killing tax raid that punishes small businesses, family farms, and hard-working people.
Oct 10, 2026
Lean Right
The Chancellor is under pressure over her Budget, which included a 20 percent inheritance tax raid on farmers and a rise in employer National Insurance.
Conservatives view Reeves as a tax-and-spend Chancellor whose policies are strangling growth and punishing rural communities and small businesses.
Oct 8, 2026
Lean Right
Reeves hints at tax rises in the Budget while facing backlash over cuts to winter fuel payments for pensioners.
Conservatives accuse her of laying the groundwork for higher taxes on working families and betraying pensioners, undermining Labour's claim to fiscal responsibility.
Oct 8, 2026
Center
The Chancellor is under pressure to explain how the Boots sale and wider corporate consolidation fits with Labour's growth strategy.
Lib Dems want assurances that the Boots deal will not lead to store closures or job losses on high streets already struggling.
Oct 7, 2026
Lean Right
The Chancellor's Budget has been widely criticised for its tax rises on farmers, employers, and savers, with business groups warning of job losses.
Conservatives see Reeves as a tax-and-spend socialist whose raid on farmers and small businesses will choke off growth and punish aspiration.
Oct 6, 2026
Lean Right
Chancellor under fire for Budget measures that businesses say will hike costs and stifle growth.
Conservatives blame her National Insurance raid and borrowing for spooking markets and hammering small firms.
Oct 4, 2026
Lean Right
The Chancellor is under fire over her acceptance of freebies and her handling of the economy, including the winter fuel payment cut.
Conservatives accuse her of hypocrisy and of pursuing tax-and-spend policies that will stifle growth and punish pensioners.
Oct 3, 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.