In the Guardian today, Rachel is critical of the misuse of the Greek crisis by the coalition government. Read it here. more »

http://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/news/Leeds-West-MP-Rachel-Reeves.6335141.jp In the first of a series of interviews with the region's politicians, YEP political editor Mark Hookham speaks to Rachel, the first female MP to represent Leeds in 40 yea… more »

The Guardian today discusses how spending cuts may affect Leeds. Rachel is fighting hard to protect the Kirkstall Forge scheme which she has supported for a long time - hard hats were the order of the day with former Leeds West MP John Battle when they p… more »

In response to last week's budget from Alistair Darling, Rachel analysed the government's plans in the forthcoming economic cycle, commenting on a strong performance from Alistair Darling which protected the winter fuel allowance, switched stamp duty for… more »

I will leave it to psephologists to find historical parallels for Labour’s poll performance on June 4th, but with our share of the vote down to 15% in the European elections, it’s clear that we’ll need to look far back into the annals of history. With a year at most to turn things around a plan to re-connect with voters and win again is needed. more »

The chancellor delivered his budget yesterday against an un-envious background. The whole world is in recession, trade has fallen off a cliff and all countries are facing the dilemma of fiscal stimulus v balanced budgets. In those circumstances yesterday's budget got the balance right. more »