Rachel Reeves: Labour frontbencher is set for a Cabinet role if Ed Miliband wins the election in May David Cameron yesterday distanced himself from remarks by a Conservative MP who questioned a Labour frontbencher's plan to go on maternity leave straight after the election. Rachel Reeves hopes to become Work and Pensions Secretary if Ed Miliband wins power in May, but is due to have her second baby just five weeks later. She said at the weekend that she would begin maternity leave shortly before her baby is due and stay away from work until September. That prompted Tory MP for Romford Andrew Rosindell to say: 'I don't want to say someone who is having a baby is not eligible to be a Cabinet minister, but I certainly think perhaps the demands of that particular job will require someone to give it their full attention.
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Rachel Reeves hopes to be Work and Pensions Secretary if Labour wins
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But she is due to have her second baby just five weeks after the election
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Tory MP questioned whether she would be able to give job full attention
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David Cameron has distanced himself from Andrew Rosindell's comments
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Despite this Miss Reeves accused Tories of having a 'women problem'
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