Rachel Reeves doing excellent job, PM tells BBC after Commons tears

The prime minister has backed Rachel Reeves to remain chancellor for “many years to come” after she was seen crying during Prime Minister’s Questions.

Sir Keir Starmer had refused to say whether Reeves would remain in her job until the next election in front of MPs in the Commons, during a session in which the chancellor wiped away tears as she sat behind him.

But later Sir Keir told BBC Radio 4’s Political Thinking with Nick Robinson he worked “in lockstep” with Reeves and she was “doing an excellent job as chancellor”.

After PMQs, Reeves’ spokesperson said she had been dealing with a “personal matter” and Sir Keir insisted to the BBC her tearful…