Rob Tyson

Rachel Reeves has been the Labour MP for Leeds West and Pudsey since 2010 and is currently Chancellor of the Exchequer. Rachel has been a source of controversy and speculation in recent years regarding her claims and conduct. She was found to have rented her London home without a licence, to have inconsistencies on her CV regarding her banking career, and to have allegedly misled the public over financial issues. Rachel is a member, officer and former vice chair in the lobby organisation Labour Friends of Israel. She was the ‘keynote speaker’ at LFI’s 2025 end of year luncheon at London’s Park Plaza Hotel. Rachel was very much involved in the plots, coups and leadership bids that aimed to remove Jeremy Corbyn as leader of The Labour Party. Rachel has received the following donations and perks: £175,000 over several payments from businessman and former Chairman of Lloyds TSB Sir Victor Blank. These donations were to support Rachel’s ‘Parliamentary work’. £167,774.27 x 11 payments from the Trevor Chinn, Gary Lubner, Martin Taylor funded/Morgan McSweeney/Josh Simons run consortium @LabourTogether £26,210.00 x 3 payments from Trevor Chinn. Approximately £55,000 from Gary Lubner to ‘support (Rachel’s) office as Shadow Chancellor.’ £60,000 x 5 payments from Tony Blair associate and the founder of Portland Communications @PortlandComms Tim Allen (often spelt Allan in professional contexts). £1,250 from Labour Friends of Israel for a trip to Israel. ✈️ 🇮🇱 £99,500 x 4 payments from Lord David Sainsbury. £99,000 from The Green Finance Institute. @EnergyLiveNews £60,000 x 3 payments from the CEO of private water industry firm EWaterway Ltd Alison Wedgwood. 💦 £5,000 from Lord Phillip Harris. £27,142.09 x 5 payments from @fgs_global including £12,929 for a reception following Rachel’s speech at the 2024 Labour Party Conference. 🥂 £852 from @TheCityUK for a dinner at the 2023 Labour Party Conference. 🍲 🍷 A bottle of wine valued at £30 from the Betting and Gaming Council @BetGameCouncil 🍷 A bag of cosmetics valued at £1,250 from @Founders_Forum £330 in tickets and hospitality from the @BetGameCouncil for a concert. 🎶 £27,500 from Lord Clive Hollick. £4,767 from Juliet Rosenfield. £10,000 from the banker Ian Cornfield. £10,000 x 2 payments from football regulator David Kogan. ⚽️ £40,000 x 4 payments from gambling industry tycoon Neil Goulden. 🎰 £10,000 from the former CEO of @SkyBet Richard Flint. 🎰 £20,000 from Baron Bernard Donoughue. £2,385 in tickets and hospitality for matches from @the_LTA for @Wimbledon 🎾 £1,710 in tickets and hospitality from @Channel4 for the @BAFTA awards. 🎭 £677 in tickets and hospitality for the kite festival.🪁 £12,800 from Richard Parker and annual use of his holiday home. 🏖️ £4,566 from Commercial Estates Group Ltd. £660 in tickets and hospitality from the @BBC for The Proms. 🎶 £998 from in tickets and hospitality from @NTLive for performances at The National Theatre. 🎭 £1,100 from @havenleisure for a short break. 🌞 £360 in tickets and hospitality from @LloydsBank for the Chelsea Flower Show. 🌹 £699 in tickets and hospitality from @UKMusicMediaTV for an Adele concert.🎤 With her salary of approx. £200,000, expenses (£40,000+ claimed since 2024), generous donations, rental income, book advances, many media appearance fees, allowances and perks, Rachel has done very well in her career as an MP at Westminster. Rachel initially voted to retain the two-child benefit cap, voted to scrap the winter fuel payment to pensioners, voted for the welfare changes that will bring future uncertainty and hardship for people who are disabled and unwell, voted against an inquiry into grooming gangs and voted to scrap trials by jury. ‘The Labour Party - Working For You’. @UKLabour @RachelReevesMP @PudseyBranchLab @Channel4News @_LFI #LocalElections #LabourDoorstep @itvnews @BBCNews @GBNEWS

🚨 NEW: Ministers believe Ed Miliband will be the next PM if Wes Streeting triggers a leadership contest tomorrow [@thetimes]

***NEW: State of play this evening*** Keir Starmer has defied all expectations, surviving the day despite some 90 Labour MPs calling for his head and four junior ministerial resignations. A minister tells Bloomberg they are astonished Starmer has managed to get through it without being forced to announce a timetable for his departure, saying the day went better for him than anyone can have imagined. Starmer’s stance at cabinet effectively dared his rivals to come out and publicly challenge him. As of this evening, no one has. Streeting is speaking with Starmer tomorrow morning, as per @steven_swinford, after the PM blanked him post-cabinet. The health secretary’s allies say he won’t say anything to distract from the king’s speech. Labour MPs and aides think Streeting is conducting what one calls a campaign of attrition against Starmer by drip-feeding his supporters’ calls for the PM to go. His camp deny he is orchestrating a plot. Streeting’s supporters say they are divided about his strategy. Some are disappointed he has not yet gone over the top, fearing he could be seen as losing his nerve and being labelled a bottle job. However, others caution that pressure has to grow organically on Starmer before Streeting is able to challenge him, otherwise the soft-left will accuse him of a cynical move to force a contest before Andy Burnham is ready. One Streeting supporter says they fear his chances of becoming PM are decreasing. They say they’re struggling to see how he has a path to No10 because if he runs the soft-left will put someone up against him who is likely to be favoured by members. They say they’re coming to terms with what they see as the likelihood that Burnham will succeed Starmer. However so far Burnham is also still silent. He’s in London meeting MPs and discussing his options. His camp insist he has a plan to make it to parliament, but so far they’ve stopped short of announcing it. Labour is in a state of paralysis tonight. David Lammy says no one has come forward and no one seems to have the numbers against Starmer. Most in Labour don’t expect that to hold. They still think the PM will be forced to announce a timetable in the coming days if Streeting, Burnham and the cabinet move. But as of right now, he clings on. Story with great colleagues @EllenAMilligan @Joe_Mayes >>> bloomberg.com/news/articles/…