Rachel Reeves has been chosen as “the worst politician of 2024” with even reasonable voices declaring that they’d “do away with her” in the event that they have been Keir Starmer.

The award was delivered on the Relaxation is Politics podcast by former Conservative MP Rory Stewart who pointed to latest financial statistics as justification for giving the award to Reeves.

Stewart advised co-host and former Tony Blair Director of Communications Alastair Campbell that: “Though her funds on the day felt as if it was fairly skilful, we’ve now entered the third consecutive month of the economic system contracting.

“If I have been Keir Starmer, I’d be eliminating her.”

Stewart is a former remainer who stood unsuccessfully for the Conservative management in a contest finally received by Boris Johnson.

Reeves made historical past this 12 months as she grew to become the primary girl to carry the function of Chancellor in Britain’s historical past.

However her election was the excessive level as controversial coverage decisions and a stagnant economic system have seen her scores plummet dramatically.

Yesterday, a revision to official figures by the Workplace for Nationwide Statistics (ONS) confirmed that the economic system stagnated within the third quarter of the 12 months.

The figures confirmed lowered development for the interval July – September to zero, down from 0.1% with residing requirements additionally declining.

Reeves responded to the figures saying that they have been solely “fuelling our hearth to ship”.

She mentioned: “The problem we face to repair our economic system and correctly fund our public funds after 15 years of neglect is large.

“However that is solely fuelling our hearth to ship for working folks. The Price range and our Plan for Change will ship sustainable long-term development, placing more cash in folks’s pockets by means of elevated funding and relentless reform.”

Reeves’s coverage decisions have been controversial since taking workplace, along with her funds in October managing to attract the ire from a number of demographics, together with pensioners, farmers and enterprise house owners.

The Chancellor has additionally come beneath hearth for adjustments made to her CV, with some accusing the previous economist of exaggerating her expertise and credentials for the function.