Why Rachel Reeves is feeling the heat

In a discussion ahead of next week’s statement, the Chancellor hints at a more guarded approach amid global uncertainty – and issues a warning
A thick skin is a must for our top politicians. There’s rolling news, nonstop social media and public scepticism. Add in the battle with the country’s deep and persistent problems. And these days the problems include constant and very real global turmoil.
The questions for the politicians are profound and that’s something the Chancellor Rachel Reeves gets.
“I recognise that with the privilege of doing a job like the one I’m doing today also comes a great deal of scrutiny. I absolutely believe that every policy that I announce, every pound of public money, of taxpayers money that I spend, and every pound that I take from people in terms of taxes is properly scrutinised. That’s part of the job,” she tells me.
But next comes an admission, from this professionally tough politician, described to me by one of her colleagues once as ‘hard as nails’, that when things get personal, she doesn’t like it.

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