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Rachel Reeves MP Articles

It’s time for something new

Three numbers in the last week should be ringing alarm bells in the government. First, the IMF downgrade of growth in 2011 to just 1.1 per cent; second, unemployment up 80,000 in the three months to July, leaving youth unemployment at its highest level since 1992; and...

Why I’m standing for the Conference Arrangements Committee

Rachel Reeves MP writes about why she is standing for the Conference Arrangements Committee. I joined the Labour Party when I was 17. The following year I had my first chance to attend Conference. I've been attending Conference every year since, including one year...

From Greece to Japan

Cameron shifts away from the Lib Dem ‘Greek defence’ but rushed cuts and lack of plan for growth could risk the UK ‘turning Japanese’

A budget for the future

In contrast to the Tories’ ideological commitment to big cuts, Alistair Darling today made the right judgement between frontline services and halving the  deficit