K eir Starmer has claimed Rachel Reeves is doing “an excellent job” as chancellor after she was seen in tears during prime minister’s questions on Wednesday. Her future in the role seemed to be hanging by a thread after Starmer refused to say his ally was safe in the job when asked by Tory leader Kemi Badenoch in PMQs.

Sir Keir Starmer has insisted that Rachel Reeves will be Chancellor for a "very long time to come" after she broke down in tears at PMQs. The Prime Minister said it was "absolutely wrong" to suggest the Chancellor's visibly emotional appearance in the Commons related to the Government's humiliating welfare U-turn,