The Rachel Reeves Interview (Her Last As Chancellor?)

7/12/202622 min

Rachel Reeves has given Laura what is likely to be her last interview as chancellor.

She looks back on two years in her dream job, reflects on what she feels she got right, and is pushed on what she got wrong.

This is the full interview as a bonus in your Newscast feed. A regular episode with Laura and Paddy is on the way later.

Clips

First 90 seconds

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Laura Kuenssberg· Host0:47
[gentle music] Hello, Newscasters. It's Laura here. Yesterday, we played some parts of our conversation with the Chancellor Rachel Reeves, who's been in charge at the Treasury for two years, but in the next week or so she may no longer be there. We thought you might like to hear it all because she's been a huge figure in our politics and a huge figure in the economy for the last couple of years and it was really interesting to hear her reflect on the two years that she has spent in what is her dream job. She was pretty unrepentant about the mistakes that many others believe she made, but see what you make of it. Here is our full conversation. Paddy and I will be back in a second