View image in fullscreen ‘Inner steel’: Rachel Reeves, the shadow chancellor, could be heading for No 11 Downing Street. Then in self-imposed exile on the backbenches of Jeremy Corbyn’s party, Reeves nevertheless had an answer to hand. Photograph: Jessica Taylor/UK parliament/AFP/Getty ImagesReeves was not Keir Starmer’s first choice of shadow chancellor when he won the leadership four years ago. Unlike Brown, who borrowed heavily from the US experience in the run-up to the 1997 election, the current shadow chancellor travels light. Leeds is one of the UK’s biggest financial centres outside London and she has been a frequent visitor to City boardrooms since becoming shadow chancellor.

Source: The Guardian July 01, 2024 18:31 UTC