US EditionStarmer Declines to Confirm Reeves Will Stay as UK Chancellor
- During PMQs on Wednesday, Rachel Reeves was visibly tearful on the Commons frontbench amid intense exchanges about her future.
- Following Tuesday’s welfare U-turn, the government reversed reforms, creating a nearly £5 billion shortfall that intensified scrutiny of Reeves’s budget plans.
- Market volatility surged with government borrowing costs rising and the pound sinking after Badenoch called Reeves a 'human shield' and the Treasury's backing remained uncertain.
- Downing Street confirmed Reeves is 'going nowhere' amid market fears fueled by Starmer’s refusal to guarantee her position after her tearful Commons appearance.
- The welfare U-turn tightens fiscal constraints for Reeves ahead of the Autumn Budget, with the IFS warning that tax hikes are increasingly probable under current spending limits.
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UK chancellor Rachel Reeves in tears at PMQs as Keir Starmer fails to back her
Keir Starmer’s office scrambled to express support for a visibly emotional chancellor Rachel Reeves yesterday after the UK prime minister himself failed to fully back her following a U-turn on the government’s flagship welfare reforms that derailed her fiscal plans.
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Gazette SeriesRachel Reeves' tears in Commons were 'personal matter' and she is 'going nowhere'
Rachel Reeves will remain as Chancellor, Downing Street said, despite Sir Keir Starmer missing his chance to give her a public show of support.
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