Rachel Reeves

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202 appearances 2 recordings 1 series first heard Jul 2026 last heard 12 Jul

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Newscast · The Rachel Reeves Interview (Her Last As Chancellor?) · 12 Jul 2026 podcast

I've always tried to do the right thing.

But if you are a pensioner watching this programme today, then you have had two increases in your state pension, significantly higher than the increase in prices in the economy.

Was it a mistake on petrol fuel allowance?

I'm not going to go through all the different policies that we've announced, but I do know that pensioners are better off after two years of this Labour government.

The question that people ask themselves at election time is, are me and my family better off?

And I can say that because of the choices that I've made, families in Britain, but also pensioners in Britain, are better off than when I became Chancellor.

There are more people in work today than when I became chancellor.

And we had the fastest rate of growth in the G7.

Well, the most recent data showed unemployment rate actually coming down.

There are more people in work today than when I became Chancellor.

And the economy grew faster than the United States, than Canada, than France and Japan, Italy and Germany.

according to the most recent data.

So there are more people working and the wages that people are taking home are higher than when I became chancellor.

And what do you think happened to that money?

The money that we raised by increasing national insurance, it went into our national health service.

And my job is making choices.

And I had to decide whether I was willing to put up with NHS waiting lists fast approaching 8 million or whether I wanted to bring them down.

And I made a choice that I wanted to bring those down, but I had to find the money to be able to pay for it.

I am absolutely certain if we could go back two years, there are choices that I made that would be different.

But look at the big picture.

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