Labour MP Ellie Reeves, who is married to Labour peer & former Labour MP John Cryer (whose mum and dad were also Labour MPs) is asked about her sister Rachel, who is also a Labour MP.
"I just have one other question that I hoped I might be able to ask you as well. It's obviously been a pretty rough month or so for lots of figures, you know, at the forefront of government. I'm thinking about your sister as well, Rachel Reeves. It's been, for anyone, I think, kind of doing their job at times like this, a great upheaval, all these column inches being written about her, it must be pretty rough. I mean, is it hard to watch your sister in the spotlight like that? Yeah, it is. And I'm so incredibly proud of Rachel. You know, the first ever female chancellor of the Exchequer smashing that glass ceiling that's been there for, I don't know, 800 years. And just thinking about what she's done as chancellor as well. You know, interest rates have gone down six times. Growth has improved. Record investment in the NHS, for example, because of decisions that Rachel has taken to stabilise the economy. I could not be prouder of what she has achieved and what she'll go on to achieve. Do you feel a bit frustrated then at some of the things that have been said about her or speculated about her? Do you kind of want to come out swinging? Yeah, no, I mean, absolutely, absolutely. And, you know, I think it's really, really important that we get behind Rachel and recognise everything that she has achieved in her role."
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Labour MP Ellie Reeves, who is married to Labour peer & former Labour MP John Cryer (whose mum and dad were also Labour MPs) is asked about her sister Rachel, who is also a Labour MP.