Late yesterday Rachel Reeves formally appointed her ex-Chief of Staff and soon-to-be peer Katie Martin as the ‘Business Adviser to the Chancellor.’ Here’s some free access to government and the Civil Service…
Martin will work for four days per week in the Treasury without remuneration and is appointed on a one-year initial contract. Reeves said: “Katie’s insight and expertise will be invaluable as we engage with business leaders to unlock investment and create opportunity in every corner of the country.” Labour said the role was incoming and Martin herself claims to have been doing it since November despite only being appointed yesterday…
The terms of reference for the new gig:
“The postholder will work closely with officials on a confidential basis, having access to relevant official and Ministerial papers.”
A quick glance at Martin’s actual career shows up zero business expertise whatever: She has worked as Chief of Staff to Reeves for half a decade and enjoyed a smattering of short-lived communications-oriented private sector roles prior to that. This followed over seven years as a Civil Service press officer in the noughties…
The access role will compliment Martin’s new peerage – she is due to be sworn in to the House of Lords as part of Starmer’s strategy to stuff the upper house with cronies shortly. Oliver Newton, the Chancellor’s head of business engagement, left the job in January and was never replaced. You would have to be a masochist to spend your time ‘engaging with business’ under this auspices of this government…
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