Rachel Reeves: “I’ve been by his side for six years now as shadow chancellor and then as chancellor of the exchequer.”

Stability restored, investment delivered and reform to our economy under way. I said when I was appointed Chancellor that I would judge my time in office if the lives ordinary working class people have been improved. I’m proud to say that…

I hope that whoever is chancellor, in the future... sticks to what I'm doing because it is beginning to bear fruit.

That’s exactly what my fiscal rules allow.

Andy has never shied away from the fact that he wanted at some point to lead the Labor Party. And I want him to be ready for that, because I want him to be a success, and I am sure he will be.