Rachel Reeves, the new shadow chancellor of the exchequer. Photograph: Hollie Adams/Getty Images
Reeves, a former Bank of England economist, is trusted by Starmer and worked closely with him to develop the partyâs Brexit policy in her post as shadow Cabinet Office minister.
She has repeatedly attacked the Conservatives over cronyism in contracts during the pandemic and is often used as a media spokesperson for the party on wider issues.
With the Brexit deal now done, and her opposite number Michael Gove increasingly sidelined by the prime minister, there had been persistent rumours that Reeves would be offered a wider role.
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LABOUR leader Keir Starmer has reshuffled his shadow cabinet after the party’s disappointing election performance. Among the changes are the promotion of Rachel Reeves to shadow chancellor, while Anneliese Dodds, her predecessor in the role, becomes party chairman. Former economist Reeves has added shadow chancellor to the long list of shadow roles she has held during her decade in Parliament. First elected to represent Leeds West in 2010, within six months she was the shadow minister for pensions. After subsequent roles at shadowing in the Treasury and Department for Work and Pensions, Reeves assumed the role of shadow chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster – opposite Michael Gove – when Keir became party leader.
Updated: May 10 2021, 10:32 ET
SIR Keir Starmer began a stuttering reshuffle after a weekend of chaos in Labour ranks following the party’s disastrous election results.
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Sir Keir Starmer reshuffled his Shadow Cabinet after a series of disappointing results in elections on May 6, 2021Credit: LNP
Who s in Keir Starmer s cabinet?
Angela Rayner - Shadow First Secretary of State
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Labour Party leader Sir Keir Starmer and deputy party leader Angela RaynerCredit: PA
Rayner has been moved from party chair and national campaigns coordinator to shadow Cabinet Office minister.
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After all, Mr Sunak has enjoyed a meteoric rise and is well-regarded for myriad support schemes that he put place to protect jobs and businesses. Yet his greater challenge is managing the recovery, and tackling the social inequalities that Covid has exposed so searingly, and this demands effective opposition in Parliament rather than a policy ‘free pass’.
Richmond MP Rishi Sunak is the Chancellor.
Here Ms Reeves, who has played an integral role highlighting Government double standards when it comes to probity and standards in public life, will play to her own strengths.
Her background as a Bank of England economist and mathematician, coupled with an ability to think strategically as a reputed chess player, means the Treasury, too, will have to raise its game.
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