Rachel Reeves MP A WEST YORKSHIRE MP is set to speak at the University of Bradford today, invoking the words of Harold Wilson s famous white heat of technology speech. Rachel Reeves (Lab, Leeds West), Shadow Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Shadow Minister for the Cabinet Office, will be speaking at the Harold Wilson Lecture from 6pm to 7.15pm, delivering a talk entitled, Revisiting White Heat in an Age of Insecurity . Before entering politics, the MP worked as an economist for the Bank of England and for HBOS and is the author of two books. Rachel Reeves said: “I am excited to be delivering the Harold Wilson Memorial Lecture on what would have been his 105th birthday. Wilson left Britain a more modern, more free and more equal country. As a West Yorkshire MP, I have always looked to him for inspiration.