Newly-appointed Labour chancellor reacts to ‘smashing one of last glass ceilings’
Newly-appointed Labour chancellor reacts to ‘smashing one of last glass ceilings’Source: PA
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00:00Now we're at a site today in South East London where 1,300 new homes are going to be built
00:11on brownfield land and we would take a brownfield first approach but we also know that there
00:17is some greenbelt land that is not green that can be developed on and that's why we've ordered
00:23a review into that.
00:24The position of Chancellor of the Exchequer has existed for hundreds of years and a woman
00:29has never held that role so I feel like I'm smashing one of the last glass ceilings in
00:34politics and I'm really proud to do that.
00:36But along with it comes a big responsibility to pass on to our daughters and granddaughters
00:42a society and economy that works better for women and I'm determined to work with my team
00:47to do just that.
00:49The stuff that I worked for when I was younger, those options are not there for me now and
00:54that's what I want to do.