Rachel Reeves vows to close gender pay gap ‘once and for all’ if she is chancellor

Rachel Reeves promises to make flexible working the default from day one for all workers. Photograph: Sam Frost/The Guardian

Rachel Reeves has promised to close the gender pay gap “once and for all” and make flexible working the norm if she becomes Britain’s first female chancellor.

In an interview with the Guardian, the shadow chancellor said she wanted to shatter the “last glass ceiling in politics” and felt a “big responsibility” to use the Treasury to improve the position of women across the UK, including by making sure they were properly rewarded at work.