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5 hours ago

Survival-mode Starmer throws tearful chancellor to wolves at PMQs

Even Kemi Badenoch was able to land punches after prime minister failed to guarantee Rachel Reeves’s position

  • Rachel Reeves will stay as chancellor, says No 10 after her tears in Commons

It was painful…

8 hours ago

What - or WHO - caused Rachel Reeves's tears that sparked turmoil in the markets? Chancellor's future hangs in the balance amid claims of bust-up with Rayner... as Starmer refuses to guarantee her job

As stunned MPs looked on, the Chancellor wept in the Commons chamber just moments after admitting she was feeling the pressure following a series of humiliating U-turns.

10 hours ago

The Guardian view on Labour’s welfare rebellion: Starmer must learn from his mistakes | Editorial

A poorly devised cuts policy was mis-sold as reform and MPs were dismissed when they pointed out the problem

A clash between the government and Labour MPs over disability benefits was foreseeable long…

14 hours ago

The Chancellor's teary PMQs: How Rachel Reeves arrived in the Commons with puffy eyes...  before tears rolled down both cheeks and her bottom lip wobbled as she sat by Keir Starmer

The Chancellor's position is under intense scrutiny following the Government's humiliating U-turn on welfare cuts in the face of a rebellion by Labour MPs.

'Keir Starmer is pinned between sneers and tears': JUDI JAMES on an 'utterly crushed' Rachel Reeves as she sits crying next to the PM and a 'scathing-looking' Angela Rayner

Body language expert Judi James said Chancellor Rachel Reeves gave a series of red flags that she was feeling emotional before she began crying in the House of Commons this afternoon.

Rachel Reeves had 'altercation' before entering Commons as Downing Street responds to teary appearance at PMQs: Live updates

LIVE UPDATES: Follow MailOnline's live coverage as Chancellor Rachel Reeves made a visibly upset appearance in Parliament during Prime Minister's Questions.

16 hours ago

Who's to blame for Labour's welfare 'clusterf***'? Knives out for Keir Starmer's top team after Commons shambles - but PM tells critics to lay off his chief aide Morgan McSweeney

After ministers were forced to gut their welfare plans in dramatic scenes in the House of Commons last night, who is to blame for the Government's humiliation?

20 hours ago

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