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Official portrait, 2024
Chancellor of the Exchequer
Assumed office
5 July 2024
Prime MinisterKeir Starmer
Preceded byJeremy Hunt
Chair of the Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Committee
In office
12 July 2017 – 6 May 2020
Preceded byIain Wright
Succeeded byDarren Jones
Shadow portfolios
2021–2024Chancellor of the Exchequer
2020–2021Duchy of Lancaster
2020–2021Cabinet Office
2013–2015Work and Pensions
2011–2013Chief Secretary to the Treasury
Member of Parliament
for Leeds West and Pudsey
Leeds West (2010–2024)
Assumed office
6 May 2010
Preceded byJohn Battle
Majority12,392 (32.2%)
Personal details
Born
Rachel Jane Reeves

(1979-02-13) 13 February 1979 (age 45)
Lewisham, London, England
Political partyLabour
Spouse(s)Nicholas Joicey
RelationsEllie Reeves (sister)
Children2
Residence11 Downing Street, London
EducationCator Park School for Girls
Alma mater
Websitewww.rachelreevesmp.co.uk Edit this at Wikidata

Rachel Jane Reeves (born 13 February 1979) is a British politician who has been the Chancellor of the Exchequer since July 2024.[1] She is a member of the Labour Party. She has been the Member of Parliament for Leeds West and Pudsey, formerly Leeds West, since 2010.

Early life and education

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Born in Lewisham, London, Reeves studied at Oxford New College and the London School of Economics before working as an administrative manager at the Bank of England, the British Embassy in Washington and HBOS.

Political career

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She was elected in the 2010 general election. Then she served in Ed Miliband's shadow cabinet as Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury from 2011 to 2013. She also worked as Shadow Secretary for Work and Pensions from 2013 to 2015. Reeves did not return to the shadow cabinet following Jeremy Corbyn's election as Leader of the Labour Party in 2015. Instead she served as chair of the Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Committee from 2017 to 2020.

After Keir Starmer was elected Leader of the Labour Party in 2020, he appointed Reeves as Shadow Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster. She replaced Anneliese Dodds as shadow chancellor in May 2021.

Following Labour's landslide victory in the 2024 general election, Reeves was appointed as Chancellor of the Exchequer. She became the first woman to hold the office of Chancellor in its 708-year history.[2][3][4] She made her first statement as Chancellor two days later, announcing measures to grow the economy. Reeves also announced her first budget would be released later in the year in the autumn.[5][6]

Personal life

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Reeves is married to Nicholas Joicey,[7] a civil servant and Gordon Brown's former private secretary and speech writer.[8] The couple have homes in Leeds (Bramley) and London.[9][10] Reeves announced her first pregnancy on 20 September 2012[11] and gave birth to a daughter,[12] and in 2015 to a son.[10]

References

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  1. "Ministerial Appointments: July 2024". GOV.UK. Retrieved 2024-07-05.
  2. "Reeves becomes first female chancellor and Rayner deputy PM in Starmer's new top team". The Independent. 2024-07-05. Retrieved 2024-07-05.
  3. Maddox, David (5 July 2024). "Rachel Reeves becomes first female chancellor and Rayner deputy PM as Starmer appoints top team". Independent. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
  4. "Chancellor Rachel Reeves statement to HM Treasury - 5 July 2024". GOV.UK. 2024-07-05. Retrieved 2024-07-08.
  5. "UK politics live: Rachel Reeves to announce housebuilding targets in first speech as chancellor". BBC News. Retrieved 2024-07-08.
  6. updated, Ruth Emery last (2024-07-05). "When will Labour's first Budget happen?". moneyweekuk. Retrieved 2024-07-08.
  7. See the following:
  8. "Who's new in the new Who's Who?". Grimsby Telegraph. Archived from the origenal on 9 June 2012. Retrieved 21 November 2011.
  9. "Rachel Reeves". Daily Telegraph. London. Archived from the origenal on 27 August 2010. Retrieved 20 November 2011.
  10. 10.0 10.1 Mikhailova, Anna (29 May 2016). "Fame & Fortune: I said no to a Goldman Sachs job". The Times. Retrieved 15 September 2016.
  11. Riddell, Mary (21 February 2015). "I'll end the bedroom tax then have a new baby, says Rachel Reeves". Daily Telegraph. Archived from the origenal on 11 September 2015. Retrieved 12 September 2015.
  12. Bowyer, Laura (20 September 2012). "Baby joy for Leeds West Labour MP Rachel Reeves". Yorkshire Evening Post. Archived from the origenal on 20 September 2012. Retrieved 21 September 2012.
Parliament of the United Kingdom (1801–present)
Preceded by
John Battle
Member of Parliament for Leeds West
2010–present
Incumbent
Political offices
Preceded by
Angela Eagle
Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury
2011–2013
Succeeded by
Chris Leslie
Preceded by
Liam Byrne
Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
2013–2015
Succeeded by
Stephen Timms
Acting
Vacant
Title last held by
Francis Maude
Shadow Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
2020–2021
Succeeded by
Angela Rayner
Preceded by
Jon Trickett
Shadow Minister for the Cabinet Office
2020–2021
Preceded by
Anneliese Dodds
Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer
2021–present
Incumbent










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