Category: International

Scaling The Summit

This year’s UN climate change conference is a chance to take urgent action, say Andrew Pakes and Rachel Reeves – but securing a deal will be tough The road to Copenhagen is paved with good intentions and competing demands for what should be included i… more »

Go Fourth

Rachel took part in the Go Fourth Rally with John Prescott and Alistair Campbell on Saturday night at Leeds Civic Hall, campaigning for a fourth term government and to defeat the BNP in the European elections on 4th June. more »

G20 Action on World Economy Welcomed

Commenting on today's G20 Summit, Rachel said: "We face a global financial crisis on a scale that we have never really seen before. At the end of the day to get British economy back on track we have to help get the world economy back on track too. To pro… more »

The importance of Thursday cannot be overestimated

The G20 meet in London this week. The decisions they make will impact us all. Here Rachel argues for tougher bank regulation, a crack down on tax havens and targeted government spending - both in the UK and globally to lift us out of the recession. more »