Rachel Reeves
The Convener
The room, the network and the deal, brings the right people together.
Rachel Reeves reads as The Convener because her power as UK Chancellor of the Exchequer works through assembly rather than decree. She frames fiscal decisions in terms of shared economic purpose, actively courts international investment relationships, and labours to align diverse stakeholders behind a credible growth narrative. Strategic in intent yet relational in method, she understands that a chancellor's ambitions succeed only when institutions, governments and markets have been brought to the table and kept there.
“I don't think that it is a good fiscal or economic policy to just constantly borrow, especially to pay for day to day spending. We've got the fastest rate of fiscal consolidation in the UK of any country in the G7.”
“One in ten pounds of everything government spends is actually on debt interest, so reducing government borrowing costs and reducing the debt burden as a share of GDP are two important priorities for me.”
“The job that I've always wanted to do in politics is to be Chancellor of the Exchequer. For me, being Chancellor is my absolute dream job and it's the only job I want in politics.”
The David Rubenstein Show: “Rachel Reeves”
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