The Latest Breaking News on Britain's Starmer backs his Treasury chief after U-turns dent the government's fiscal plans

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

City confidence in her is rock bottom — and Rachel Reeves’s high wire act is just one misstep away from a full blown financial crisis, says Jonathan Prynn

Labour MPs have forced a major government climbdown over disability benefit cuts, in an embarrassing turn of events for Keir Starmer. The prime minister has blown a hole in his budget by agreeing to scrap plans to tighten eligibility criteria for disability benefits via the universal credit and personal independence…

COMMENT: A single tear rolled down the chancellor’s cheeks at PMQs in a rare and distressing display of emotion from the ‘Iron Chancellor’. I found myself wanting to cry too, says Victoria Richards

With £6.25bn in planned savings now shelved, the government faces awkward choices on how to plug gap

A spokesperson for Rachel Reeves has said her tears at PMQs were about "a personal matter"

LABOUR minister Ellie Reeves appeared to be holding her sister’s hand as she left the chamber on Wednesday, after Chancellor Rachel Reeves…

EMBATTLED Chancellor Rachel Reeves was seen crying in the Commons as the Prime Minister avoided confirming she would keep her job ...

The deputy prime minister was asked about replacing Starmer amid growing criticism of his leadership