The prime minister and chancellor shared a hug as they moved to calm the markets after a tumultuous week which saw tears in the Commons during PMQs

Sir Keir Starmer said Rachel Reeves was upset about a personal issue, and was caught on camera because there’s no ‘hiding place’ in politics.

S ome families could be up to £1,800 worse off this past year because of Keir Starmer's government, the Tories have claimed. They suggested hundreds of thousands of hardworking families, specifically with toddlers in nursery, could be paying an average of up to £1,761 extra a year because of the Prime Minister and Chancellor Rachel Reeves.