Rachel Reeves dealt blow as aide set to give up after spring assertion | Politics | News | EUROtoday

One of Rachel Reeves’s high aides is about to give up after the spring assertion. The Chancellor is known to have reached a mutual settlement along with her political secretary, Matt Pound, that will probably be the fitting time for him to go away Government following subsequent week’s fiscal replace.

He marks the most recent in an exodus of figures with longstanding connections to the embattled Prime Minister, who has confronted criticism over his “boys club” in authorities. Mr Pound labored on Sir Keir Starmer’s Labour management marketing campaign in 2020 earlier than turning into his head of political organisation whereas in opposition and Labour’s political director for elections within the run-up to the 2024 poll. He has been one in all Ms Reeves’s high advisers because the basic election.

Mr Pound mentioned he could be “forever grateful” for working with the Chancellor to “rebuild our economy after 14 years of Conservative chaos”.

He mentioned: “We have come a long way to turn the Labour Party around from electoral oblivion in 2019 to a historic general election victory just five years later, and it is a privilege to have been part of that.

“To Rachel and my wonderful colleagues over time, I’ll proceed to assist you as you attempt to ship the change the nation wants.”

Ms Reeves said Mr Pound had played a “pivotal” role in transforming the party and securing Labour’s election victory, as well as a “key half in serving to repair the foundations of the economic system and ship the change we had been elected to do”.

She added: “I’m extremely grateful for his arduous work, loyalty and experience, and want him all the easiest in what comes subsequent.”

Mr Pound’s exit follows the PM’s chief of workers Morgan McSweeney and communications director Tim Allan each quitting amid the Lord Peter Mandelson scandal.