Harriet: Adviser said I was too vulnerable to sell my home after husband died

HARRIET Harman has revealed her financial adviser tried to talk her out of selling the family home after the death of her husband, because he thought she was "vulnerable".

- Sue Crawford

The Labour peer one of the first women promoted to Tony Blair's Cabinet in 1997 as social security minister - wanted to move just half a mile to a flat next door to her sister.

Her decision followed the death of husband and fellow Labour MP Jack Dromey after a heart attack in 2022, aged 73.

Baroness Harman, 74, said: "He was like, 'Ooh, you shouldn't be making decisions. On my policy here it says you're a vulnerable person because you are bereaved and therefore you shouldn't be making these decisions'.

"Lots of people did say 'Don't make big decisions', because, somehow, you're not right in your head.