Voices: ‘Calling her Rachel from accounts is unfair and sexist’: Readers call out gendered attacks on Reeves

Rachel Reeves has said she is “sick of people mansplaining how to be chancellor” to her, and Independent readers have shared their thoughts on why some of the criticism she faces carries sexist undertones.

Many readers highlighted that much of the scrutiny has arrived even before Reeves has announced her Budget, though the chancellor insisted she is “not going to let them bring me down by undermining my character.”