In light of news that Labour plan to put shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves at the centre of their general election campaign, we are re-releasing this choice half-hour from an episode last year (RP271: Shoe Factory), in which we conclude a run-through Keir Starmer's then-new ultra-Blairite shadow cabinet with nods to key Reeves allies Pat McFadden and sister Ellie Reeves, before reading a truly weird Guardian profile of Rachel by Simon Hattenstone, which she insists be conducted at a shoe factory her grandparents did not work at.
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