Rachel has contributed a piece for Left Foot Forward after the release of the IFS report into the budget, and explained why it makes increasingly worse reading, and raises the question about what the government defines as 'progressive'.

Rachel has branded the coalition government's NHS reorganisation 'dangerous'. She said

A top-down reorganisation is the last thing the NHS needs right now. It needs to focus all of its efforts on meeting the financial challenge it faces. This reorganisation will distract attention, reduce motivation and cost billions. I am determined to fight the Health Bill when it comes before Parliament to stop this dangerous legislation.

You can read more about Rachel's thoughts at http://www.guardian.co.uk/leeds/2010/aug/04/leeds-mp-criticises-dangerous-nhs-reorganisation

It’s the end of the Parliamentary session, and Rachel has called on the coalition government for immediate action to help small and medium sized businesses. In an article for Left Foot Forward, Rachel has criticised the government’s lack of action to ensure that banks lend to smaller businesses to enable growth and development.

The Yorkshire Evening Post and the Guardian Leeds both featured Rachel’s campaign to save the Kirkstall Forge railway station yesterday.

Rachel has also written a blog for Progress magazine explaining her decision to back Ed Miliband for Labour Party leader - who alongside other candidates was in Leeds at a hustings for members last weekend.

Responding to the first meeting of the Business, Innovation and Skills Select Committee, Rachel has attacked the government for having 'no coherent strategy for growth and no sensible evidence-based process for deciding where the cuts must fall.' 

In this article for Labour Uncut, Rachel argues that 'we still have no understanding of how this government thinks sustainable growth will be ensured.'

In this article, Rachel analyses where the impacts of the recent budget will fall, and finds that the people of Leeds West will suffer disproportionately.

Rachel Reeves, Labour Member of Parliament for Leeds West, has criticised the coalition's 'shallow' commitment to reducing child poverty by 2020.

In an article on Labourlist, which you can access here, Rachel argues that the failure to roll out pilot schemes for free school meals will cost low income families dear. As free school meals currently cease when someone is no-longer entitled to benefits, it makes a mockery of the coalition government's claims to be encouraging people back into work - particularly when the poorest families will be hardest hit by the budget.