Rachel Reeves is the first female Chancellor of the Exchequer since the post was first created in 1221, and this week will deliver her first Budget, holding aloft the famous red box before revealing the spending - and saving - decisions of the first Labour government for 14 years.

Rachel was born on February 13, 1979, making her 45 years old. She was raised in Lewisham, south-east London, to primary school teachers Graham and Sally, and attended the Cator Park School for Girls - a state school in Bromley. Her A-levels were in maths, further maths, economics and politics - giving her the ideal launchpad for her future political career.