Rachel Reeves: Alistair Darling warned me not to fall into ‘Tory traps’
by Kiran Stacey Political correspondent from World news | The Guardian on (#6GTDS)
Shadow chancellor reveals Darling helped shape Labour party's current policies before his death this week
Alistair Darling warned Rachel Reeves not to fall into Tory traps" as Labour prepares for the next election, the shadow chancellor has said, as she revealed how he helped shape the party's current policies before he died.
Reeves said she was in regular contact with the former chancellor before his death, which was announced on Thursday by his family. She said the former chancellor had been a mentor to her, both when she was a new MP and later when she began to shadow his former brief.
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