British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said on Wednesday that financial minister Rachel Reeves would remain chancellor "for a very long time to come" after she was seen crying during prime minister's questions.

The Chancellor, Rachel Reeves has the PM's 'full backing', a Downing Street spokesman insists, after the chancellor was seen crying in the House of Commons.

Sir Keir Starmer has given his full support to Chancellor Rachel Reeves after she was seen crying during Prime Minister’s Questions on Wednesday. Ms Reeves’s visibly tearful appearance in the Commons came amid speculation that her job was at risk after the Government’s U-turn on welfare cuts put an almost £5 billion hole in her spending plans.