The newly elected Prime Minister of the UK (UK), Keir Starmer has appointed Rachel Reeves as Finance Minister, the primary girl to carry the place within the nation’s historical past, following Labour’s landslide election victory on Friday, July 5.
The 45-year-old, Reeves started her profession in banking earlier than turning into chancellor of the exchequer after her centre-left Labour Occasion (LP) received Thursday’s UK normal election by a landslide, ending 14 years of rule by the right-wing Conservatives.
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“It’s the honour of my life to have been appointed chancellor of the exchequer,” Reeves wrote on social media platform X after her appointment by new Prime Minister Keir Starmer.
“To each younger lady and girl studying this, let in the present day present that there needs to be no limits in your ambitions.”
Labour had put the economic system on the coronary heart of its election manifesto, focusing on development and wealth creation as key priorities in authorities, whereas its emphasis on the latter shouldn’t be usually related to the celebration’s historically leftist insurance policies.
“Financial development was the Labour Occasion’s mission,” Reeves added Friday.
“It’s now a nationwide mission. Let’s get to work,” mentioned the married mom of two youngsters.
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