27 m. ago Rachel Reeves in TEARS as Starmer refuses to guarantee she will stay in her job in astonishing  PMQs after PM's benefits humiliation

Chancellor Rachel Reeves was sitting next to Keir Starmer as he insisted the smoking ruin of his benefits reforms would still make things better.

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28 m. ago PMQs latest: Rachel Reeves cries in Commons after Starmer refuses to guarantee she will stay on as chancellor

Chancellor’s spokesperson says Reeves was crying over a ‘personal matter’ as Starmer’s press secretary confirms she has PM’s ‘full backing’

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35 m. ago Rachel Reeves in tears at PMQs as Keir Starmer refuses to confirm she'll remain Chancellor after benefits cuts chaos

Downing Street later insisted that Ms Reeves ‘is going nowhere’ and has Sir Keir’s ‘full backing’

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43 m. ago Rachel Reeves in tears in Parliament as Sir Keir Starmer refuses to guarantee her job

Rachel Reeves appeared to be in tears in the House of Commons

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51 m. ago Rachel Reeves in tears sat behind PM Keir Starmer as he refuses guarantee her job

Rachel Reeves looked 'absolutely miserable' and exhausted during an intense PMQ session as PM Keir Starmer swerved questions from Kemi Badenoch about her keeping her job as Chancellor after

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59 m. ago Rachel Reeves appears in tears in Commons next to Keir Starmer at PMQs

Chancellor Rachel Reeves appeared to be crying in the Commons as Keir Starmer refused to say she would still hold the post by the next election during a tense PMQs

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70 m. ago Rachel Reeves 'close to tears in Parliament' as PM fails to back her

The Chancellor appeared visibily emotional on the Front Bench

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71 m. ago Chancellor Rachel Reeves in tears as Keir Starmer refuses to back her during PMQs

The Chancellor was visibly upset in the chamber as the Prime Minister answered questions.

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84 m. ago Rachel Reeves WEEPS as Starmer refuses to guarantee she will stay in her job during brutal PMQs

Chancellor Rachel Reeves was sitting next to Keir Starmer as he insisted the smoking ruing of his benefits reforms would still make things better.

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98 m. ago Starmer defends welfare reform package despite climbdown over Pip

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer was forced to shelve key elements of the welfare reform plan to limit a Labour revolt.

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3 h. ago Who WILL pay for Labour's benefits farce? Tax rises on the menu as Rachel Reeves faces finding 'tens of billions of pounds' in Budget as rebels urge her to squeeze the rich

The PM effectively tore up his benefits reforms, which had been due to shave £5billion a year off spirallling costs by the end of the Parliament - but will now actually increase spending by £100million.

Economics

4 h. ago Welfare cuts chaos: Tax rises loom within months after Starmer's 'shambolic' benefit reforms 'saved nothing'

Chancellor Rachel Reeves now faces a £5 billion hole in her tax and spending plans

Economics

4 h. ago Minister declines to rule out tax rises amid welfare climbdown warning

Pat McFadden said that ministers ‘will keep to the tax promises’ in their election manifesto.

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5 h. ago Welfare cuts chaos: Tax rises loom within months after Keir Starmer's 'shambolic' welfare cuts climbdown

Chancellor Rachel Reeves now faces a fiscal headache as a forecast £4.8billion in welfare savings have been whittled away to nothing

Economics

6 h. ago Welfare cuts chaos: Tax rises 'are more likely' after Keir Starmer's 'shambolic' welfare cuts climbdown

Chancellor Rachel Reeves now faces a fiscal headache as a forecast £4.8billion in welfare savings have been whittled away to nothing

Economics

7 h. ago Tax rises 'increasingly likely' after DWP savings 'dwindle to nothing'

The benefits cut U-turn has left Rachel Reeves with a £4.8billion hole to fill

Economics

14 h. ago Rayner to back plan to build 180,000 social homes in next decade

The figure would be six times the number of social homes built in the 10 years up to 2024.

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17 h. ago Starmer ditches Pip benefit reforms in face of Labour revolt

Changes to eligibility for the personal independence payment (Pip) will not be made until after a review of the benefit’s assessment process.

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20 h. ago Rachel Reeves faces increased fiscal pressure after welfare reform U

Chancellor is being pushed to bend her rules on borrowing to fund higher spending

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25 h. ago UK car dealership giant slams Labour as it's hit by huge £30m 'Rachel Reeves tax hike'

The group said the increase in employer's National Insurance contributions and the rise in the National Minimum Wage will mainly be responsible for the rise

Economics