Rachel Reeves: ‘Do I wish there was more money? Do I wish public services were in a better state? Of course I do.’Rachel Reeves: ‘Do I wish there was more money? Do I wish public services were in a better state? Of course I do.
“You’ve had a woman defence secretary, foreign secretary, home secretary, prime minister and speaker of the House of Commons. We’ve never had a woman in charge of the nation’s finances. I think that carries with it a big responsibility … It’s the last glass ceiling in politics.” But during each of the periods they were in office, their governments invested huge sums of money in public services. In contrast, Reeves has warned about the tough choices ahead; the Institute for Fiscal Studies has spoken of a “conspiracy of silence” over looming spending cuts.
“We know that things are bad. I know the inheritance is going to be really tough. It’s why, when you say, ‘Do you want to do this, and that?’, I have to say that we can’t do everything that we might want to straight away.“I wish the inheritance was different, I really do …. Do I wish there was more money? Do I wish that public services were in a better state? Of course I do. But you don’t get to choose your inheritance. But we will start to turn things round.
“We’re going to crack on. We’ve been in opposition for long enough. There’s lots of things that we are ready to go with,” she said.
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