Rachel Reeves
speaker
202 appearances
2 recordings
1 series
first heard Jul 2026
last heard 12 Jul
Rachel Reeves’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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And so for all the tears and all the difficult days and the mistakes perhaps that I've made,
It's absolutely worth it to know that that boy has got chances and opportunities today that he wouldn't have had without me as chancellor, without a Labour chancellor.
Well, I don't plan to do that, but I will go down in history as the first female chancellor.
But what I really hope is that something I said, actually, when I gave my first speech as chancellor, that I would know my time in office was a success if young women and girls felt that there should be no ceiling on their ambition.
And I do know and I do believe that there are young women today who say, maybe I could do that job one day.
That's a great thing.
Have I done everything right?
No.
Can anyone say that about any job they've done?
Probably not.
But the big decisions I've made have enabled our economy to grow, interest rates to fall and inflation to be tamed.
And those everyday choices about libraries, about breakfast clubs, about free school meals, around lifting kids out of poverty, about reducing NHS waiting lists, spending more on defence, investing in the infrastructure that our country needs.
Those things have changed because of the decisions I've made.
And I'm proud of that.
Rachel Reeves, Chancellor, thank you very much for speaking to us.
Ooh la la.
Thinking about it like a panther helped.
I think it is perfectly reasonable for people to have ambition.
And Andy has never shied away from the fact that he wanted at some point to leave the Labour Party.
And I want him to be ready for that because I want him to be a success and I am sure he will be.
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