Rachel Jane Reeves (born 13 February 1979) is a British politician who has served as Chancellor of the Exchequer since July 2024. A member of the Labour Party, she has been Member of Parliament (MP) for Leeds West and Pudsey, formerly Leeds West, since 2010.

Oct 30, 2024 · Rachel Reeves is the first female Chancellor of the Exchequer since the post was first created in 1221, and this week will deliver her first Budget, holding aloft the famous red box before...

Oct 29, 2024 · Rachel Reeves will present Labour's first Budget in nearly 15 years at the despatch box on October 30. She will make history as the first female Chancellor to ever announce a Budget statement.

Reeves became the UK’s first female chancellor after Labour won the General Election in July 2024. She previously served as shadow chancellor under Sir Keir Starmer in opposition from...

Oct 25, 2024 · Profile: Who is Rachel Reeves, the UK's first female chancellor? Reeves was born in south-east London in 1979, just months before Margaret Thatcher became prime minister at a time of immense...

Jul 5, 2024 · Rachel Reeves is a former Bank of England economist and now the UK's first female chancellor. Alongside Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer, she worked to change the party's image among voters after it suffered its worst defeat since 1935 at the 2019 election.

Jul 12, 2024 · From humble beginnings, Rachel Reeves, a former chess prodigy, Oxbridge graduate and Bank of England economist, now hopes to turn the U.K.’s finances around as the first woman ever to take on the role. It’s a historic landmark that’s not lost on her.

Jan 14, 2025 · Rachel Reeves is set to unveiled her first budget as chancellor today, which involved £40bn worth of tax rises to address a black whole in the nation’s finanecs. Reeves became the UK’s first...

Jul 5, 2024 · Rachel Reeves, a former Bank of England economist, is set to become the UK's first-ever female chancellor – it only took us what? 700 years? Women's representation in parliament has historically been paltry, to say the least.

Aug 9, 2024 · Rachel attended Cator Park School for Girls in Bromley (a comprehensive which became Harris Girls’ Academy, Bromley, in 2011). While at secondary school she won a British Under-14 girls chess championship title in a tournament organised by the now-defunct British Women’s Chess Association.