Downing Street has said that the Chancellor is “going nowhere” and she will remain in Number 11.
This comes as the Chancellor was seen visibly in tears and looking “miserable” in the House of Commons on Wednesday during Prime Minister’s Questions and Sir Keir Starmer refused to guarantee Rachel Reeves will keep her job.
Starmer is facing MPs after yet another U-turn as he was forced to scrap parts of his welfare reforms which has left nearly a £5 billion black hols in Reeves spending plans which has triggered fears there will be even more tax rises in the Autumn Budget.
The Tory leader said Starmer is “too weak to get anything done” as the Prime Minister cannot control his MPs amid the welfare reform rebellion which sparked a “humiliating U-turn,” she added.
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The Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch said during PMQs that Reeves looks “absolutely miserable” and she asked Starmer if the Chancellor will still in her job at the next election, she added the “Chancellor is toast.”
The Prime Minister said, “She [Reeves] knows that no Prime Minister or chancellor ever stands at the despatch box and writes budgets in the future.
“But she talks about growth, for 14 years we had stagnation, and that is what caused the problem.”
Badenoch said with a smile, “How awful for the Chancellor that he couldn’t confirm that she would stay in place.”
There has also been reports that Reeves was possibly involved in an altercation with the House of Commons Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle before PMQs started.
A spokeswoman for the Speaker said, “No comment.”
A Number 10 spokesperson was asked why Starmer did not confirm during PMQs he has faith in Reeves, the press secretary said, “He has done so repeatedly.
“The Chancellor is going nowhere. She has the Prime Minister’s full backing.
“He has said it plenty of times, he doesn’t need to repeat it every time the Leader of the Opposition speculates about Labour politicians.”
When sked whether Starmer still had confidence in Work and Pensions Secretary Liz Kendall, the press secretary replied, “Yes.”
