Rachel Reeves: ‘I’m sick of the mansplaining on how to be Chancellor'

Rachel Reeves has fired back at her critics, saying she’s “sick of people mansplaining how to be Chancellor to me.”

Reeves - the UK’s first female Chancellor - says she has faced intense media scrutiny since stepping into the role.

She told Tom Baldwin at The Times Magazine : “I recognise that I’ve got a target on me. You can see that in the media; they’re going for me all the time. It’s exhausting,” she said.

“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 explained: “I’m not a public personality. I’m not in show business. I’m the C hancellor . If you want people to enter politics, you have to remember they’re human beings.

“I’m a mum with two kids. I’m a wife an