| − | '''Rachel Reeves''' (born 1979 in [[Lewisham]], [[Kent]]) is a British [[far-left]] politician. A member of the Labour Party, she is the [[Chancellor of the Exchequer]], having been appointed to that position in July 2024, when UK left-wing socialist [[führer]] [[Keir Starmer]] occupied 10 Downing Street. | + | '''Rachel Reeves''' (born 1979 in [[Lewisham]], [[Kent]]), nicknamed '''Rachel Thieves''', is a British [[far-left]] politician. A member of the Labour Party, she is the [[Chancellor of the Exchequer]], having been appointed to that position in July 2024, when UK left-wing socialist [[führer]] [[Keir Starmer]] occupied 10 Downing Street. |
| | + | Reeves delivered her much loathed inaugural Autumn budget. Many of the announcements of the budget contradicted the Labour Party's manifesto promises. on 30 October 2024 In particular, her tax raids on the [[agriculture]] sector were widely condemned as Reeves was accused of 'killing' the family farm; Reeves announced inheritance tax on family farms worth over £1 million, with the levy placed at 20%.<ref name="barefaced">[https://www.gbnews.com/politics/politics-latest-budget-2024-rachel-reeves-stall-growth-obr Farmer fury escalates as Reform UK MP leads charge against Reeves's 'barefaced lies']</ref> |