Rachel Reeves has branded her critics “misogynist” in a last-ditch rallying cry address to Labour MPs before her Budget.
The Chancellor told MPs last night they must unite behind her so-called “nightmare before Christmas” statement.
Ms Reeves vowed she would not let her critics “beat” her – and that she would still have her job in 2027, though did not mention 2028 or 2029.
She also labelled pre-Budget media leaks “incredibly destabilising” to her plans to hike £30billion in taxes and fill her “black hole”.
The Chancellor told Commons colleagues: “I’ll show the media, I’ll show the Tories. I will not let them beat me. I’ll be there on Wednesday, I’ll be there next year and I’ll be back the year after that.”
Then, she turned her fire on “armchair” critics who dared question her ability to do the job.
“I don’t think even I had recognised the misogyny that still exists in public life,” Ms Reeves said.
Bracing for Budget backlash, the Chancellor acknowledged that MPs were not likely to welcome all the measures in her plans.
MPs must stick together to prove to the public that Labour deserved a second term in power, she added.
“A budget involves choices. Choices are things that we do, and also things that we don’t do. I hope that you like every single measure but you might not,” she told MPs.
“There might be 99 per cent or 95 per cent that you like, but one or five per cent that you don’t. The budget is a package. It’s not a pick and mix.”
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Just days before Rachel Reeves rages at ‘misogyny’… Chancellor is accused of ‘playing sexism card’
Former Home Secretary Suella Braverman accused Rachel Reeves of ‘playing the sexist card’
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Before her “misogyny” comments last night, Rachel Reeves was accused of “playing the sexist card” after saying she is “sick of people mansplaining how to be Chancellor” to her.
She complained to The Times of how the “target” was on her back which could be “exhausting”.
“You can see that in the media; they’re going for me all the time. It’s exhausting. But I’m not going to let them bring me down by undermining my character or my confidence. I’ve seen off a lot of those boys before and I’ll continue to do so,” she said.
“I’m sick of people mansplaining how to be Chancellor to me,” she added.
Former Home Secretary Suella Braverman, meanwhile, accused her of “playing the sexist card” in a bid to distract from her “appalling record” in No11…
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Keir Starmer to host ‘coalition of the willing’ phone call – despite Russia snub
Sir Keir Starmer is set to speak to Ukraine’s European allies on Tuesday following the latest talks to secure peace in the war-torn nation.
The Prime Minister will host a coalition of the willing call after efforts over the weekend between the US and Kyiv to broker a truce with Moscow.
Last night, it emerged the US and Ukraine have created a fresh 19-point framework for peace negotiations after ripping up an earlier proposal endorsed by Donald Trump.
The unpublished new framework is said to draw from a European counterproposal created by Britain, France and Germany, which keeps open the possibility of Ukrainian Nato membership and delays territorial discussions until after a ceasefire is established.
But Moscow has rejected this European approach.
Yuri Ushakov, a Kremlin foreign policy aide, declared on Monday that the European plan was “at first glance completely unconstructive and does not work for us”.
Vladimir Putin maintains that Ukrainian Nato membership would threaten Russia’s national security – though his country already borders six member states without issue…
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RECAP: Keir Starmer and David Lammy to DODGE Rachel Reeves’s ‘mansion tax’ after backlash from Labour MPs
Sir Keir Starmer and David Lammy are set to escape Rachel Reeves’ new mansion tax
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Sir Keir Starmer and David Lammy are set to dodge Chancellor Rachel Reeves’s mansion tax raid following backlash from Labour MPs.
The “mansion tax” will now only target homes worth over £2million, allowing several senior cabinet members to escape the levy.
Mrs Reeves had initially proposed to announce a new council tax surcharge on homes valued over £1.5million in her Budget on Wednesday.
However, pressure from within her own party has forced to Chancellor to water down the plans that would have affected 300,000 homes across the nation…
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