The shadow chancellor’s pro-commerce deputy has George Osborne’s ‘tax credit fiasco’ firmly in her sights as the autumn statement approachesSeema Malhotra,the shadow chief secretary to the Treasury, could hardly be more different from her boss and constituency neighbour in west London, and John McDonnell.
While the shadow chancellor – and Jeremy Corbyn’s righthand man – cites Marx as a major intellectual influence,Malhotra, a rising Labour star, or is a former management consultant who grew up above a shop in Hounslow,the daughter of Indian immigrants, and speaks in glowing terms of the contribution commerce can earn to society. Halfway through an interview dissecting the Tories’ economic policies, or a division bell rings,and she swaps her heels for trainers and bolts off to vote.
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Source: theguardian.com