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Rachel Reeves MP Articles

Cracking down on overdraft fees

A cap on overdraft fees would stop the big banks using its most vulnerable customers as cash cows, writes treasury select committee member Rachel Reeves MP The big banks have been using some of their most vulnerable customers as a kind of cashpoint-in-reverse for far...

Terror of the Trotskyites

Exclusive extracts from Rachel Reeves’ book on the first woman MP for Leeds reveal Alice Bacon as a fiercely loyal reformist Alice [Bacon], a young woman, a miner’s daughter and teacher, was elected as a member of parliament at the age of 35. The first female MP in...

No more ‘business as usual’

This summer, the Competition and Markets Authority published their report into competition in retail banking. The report was a missed opportunity. One of the major issues, and one of huge concern to me, is the extortionate fees charged by banks on unauthorised...

Defeat for George Osborne

George Osborne is trying to clear the decks for the new Tory leader by getting the government’s mistakes out of the way now. Yesterday he signalled that his great mission of delivering an overall budget surplus by 2020 was to be consigned to history less than a year...

Taxing questions for the chancellor

Apr 15, 2016 | Section: Web exclusive

The leaked Panama Papers shone a light on the murky world of tax havens and will have far-reaching implications across...

Osborne’s fantasy budget

Mar 4, 2016 | IWD16 Special, Section: Progress Magazine

Britain’s potential must be Labour’s cause —Britain is well placed to prosper in the 21st century. Along with blue...

Business at heart

Feb 2, 2016 | Section: Progress Magazine

We have a huge job of work to do Great Britain is a country of enormous potential. ‘GB’ is a symbol of quality and...

Why I’m standing for the Conference Arrangements Committee

Jul 18, 2011 | Articles

Rachel Reeves MP writes about why she is standing for the Conference Arrangements Committee. I joined the Labour Party...

From Greece to Japan

Jun 10, 2010 | The Economy

On Monday 7 June, David Cameron made a speech in which he set out his view on tackling the budget deficit and debt. In...

A budget for the future

Mar 24, 2010 | The Economy

The economy is out of recession but we're not out of the woods yet. So far we have had one quarter of positive growth,...

Osborne age of austerity will hit middle income families

Feb 25, 2010 | The Economy

Osborne told his audience: "A credible plan is not really credible unless you're prepared to make a start on it this...

The lasting routes out of the recession will be local and regional

Nov 10, 2009 | The Economy

Although we have faced a global economic recession, the lasting routes out of it will be local and regional. Every...

Today Osborne ducked the key questions, aiming for one-liners and easy headlines instead

Oct 6, 2009 | The Economy

Expectations ahead of George Osborne’s speech today were high. Osborne has attacked every single measure that...

Strategic government support for industry is needed to build a more sustainable employment base and ensure a speedy recovery to full employment

Jul 16, 2009 | The Economy

Yesterday’s unemployment figures show that 2.4 million people are now unemployed. So, although bank profits may...

Today’s white paper ensures we will not go back to the days of light-touch regulation

Jul 8, 2009 | The Economy

It was August 2007 when the edifice of the financial services model began to crumble. The term sub-prime loans entered...

Winning again?

Jun 24, 2009 | The Economy

I will leave it to psephologists to find historical parallels for Labour’s poll performance on June 4th, but...

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