In preparation for the potential arrival of the first female Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Treasury have started to revamp the minister’s private toilet which includes a discussion about removing the urinal.
For the past 800 years the nation’s Chancellor of the Exchequer has always been a man. However that could be about to change.
With Labour ahead in the polls, the party’s shadow Chancellor Rachel Reeves is expected to make history next Thursday when she could become the country’s first ever female Chancellor.
Nowhere more so in the Ministry is the lack of a feminine touch more apparent than in the Chancellor’s toilet – which the Treasury are now allegedly planning to renovate for Ms Reeves.
The Chancellor’s Edwardian private loo in Whitehall is a black and white tiled room with a period piece sink as well as an equally antique urinal.
With Labour ahead in the polls, the party’s shadow Chancellor Rachel Reeves (pictured) is expected to make history next Thursday when she could become the country’s first ever female Chancellor
Current Chancellor Jeremy Hunt. Mr Hunt currently enjoys access to a private bathroom which includes a urinal.
His Majesty’s Treasury building in Whitehall (stock image). Nowhere more so in the Ministry is the lack of a feminine touch more apparent than in the Chancellor’s toilet – which the Treasury are now allegedly planning to renovate for Ms Reeves.
According to the Financial Times, workers have been inspecting the lavatory to decide whether it needs a revamp revolving around whether the urinal should be taken out.
One Treasury insider said: ‘There has been a discussion about whether it’s appropriate to have a urinal in there and whether it should be removed.’
An insider also claimed that boxes of period products have also suddenly appeared above the sink over the course of the election campaign.
A spokesperson for the shadow Chancellor said: ‘We are not doing a running commentary on toilet arrangements.’
Labour have pledged to kickstart the economy if they win the general election on July 4. In their party’s manifesto they have pledged to ’embrace a new approach to economic management’ called securonomics.
In practise, Labour claims this will mean Westminister will work more actively with partners in business, trade unions, local leaders, and devolved governments.
Meanwhile, the Conservatives and current Chancellor Jeremy Hunt have promised a swathe tax cuts if they win next week’s election.
Their manifesto promises to cut taxes for workers by taking 2p off National Insurance as well a vow to introduce a new Triple Lock Plus to ensure the personal allowance for pensioners will increase at least 2.5% or in line with the highest of earnings or inflation.