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But speaking at a press conference in London, Starmer said: “ Rachel Reeves is doing a fantastic job she has my full confidence and has the full confidence of the entire party.”
Asked if she would still be in post come the autumn, he said: “Yes, I do. And I think she was right to go to China. And furthermore, I think those who are saying she shouldn’t have gone to China were wrong. He added: “Rachel Reeves is the chancellor for a good reason, because she’s the right person to do the job.“And one of the things I’d say about those kind of stories is when we won the general election, we won it as a team that was not afflicted by the kind of rivalries and personalities that had sometimes afflicted governments in the past.
Shadow financial secretary Gareth Davies later responded to Starmer’s support for Reeves, saying it “speaks volumes”.He said: “Labour are trying to insist that everything is fine, but the fact that Keir Starmer has repeatedly refused to say whether Rachel Reeves will remain as Chancellor speaks volumes.
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