Rachel Reeves Articles

If Labour wins next May it will face huge challenges If Labour wins next May, the joy of victory will be infectious. Gathering at cabinet to agree the Queen’s speech, Labour ministers will be eager to seize the chance to change Britain. We already know much of the...

Polls go up and polls go down. This true, useful mantra for politicians is only used when the polls go down. Labour politicians found themselves saying it rather a lot before last month’s elections. The nervousness this engendered was repressed, but only barely. In...

What is the right response to last week's elections? Much has been written about the meaning and the implications of the locals and the Euro elections. Quietly, but in a very assured manner, the Labour frontbench are making their strategic response. It is to continue...

I got a phone call from Rachel Reeves last September asking if I would do some work to encourage the living wage. It took me about a second to agree. I had seen the living wage campaign in action. I had seen in my business the difference it could make - helping people...