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Keir Starmer denies plans to sack Chancellor Rachel Reeves after she cries in Parliament | BBC News
The British Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has told the BBC that his finance minister, the Chancellor Rachel Reeves, will remain in her job for “a very long time”.
It came after Rachel Reeves cried as she sat beside the Sir Keir in Parliament, following the collapse of the UK government’s plans for billions of pounds of cuts to welfare spending, which she had said were essential in order to control public spending.
Reeves had advocated the proposals which included large cuts in support to disabled people. It was reported that she had taken a hard line up to the last moment, urging the prime minister not to given in to many angry MPs in their governing Labour Party who eventually forced a U-turn.
The prime minister declined to confirm to Parliament that Reeves would remain in her job until the next election. But later Sir Keir told the BBC that he worked “in lockstep” with Reeves and she was “doing an excellent job as Chancellor”.
Following her appearance in Parliament, Reeves’ spokesperson said she had been dealing with a “personal matter” while Sir Keir insisted her tears had “nothing to do with politics”.
At the highly-charged Prime Minister’s Questions in Parliament, the opposition Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch laid into the government over its welfare U-turns. She said the Chancellor would now be forced to put up taxes to pay for the prime minister’s incompetence” and said Reeves “looks absolutely miserable. Labour MPs are going on the record saying that the chancellor is toast, and the reality is that she is a human shield for his incompetence.”
Reeves, who has repeatedly promised not to raise taxes, now faces the prospect of a large “black hole” in the government’s finances and the possibility of another humiliating reversal in her autumn budget.
Jane Hill presents BBC News at Ten reporting by political editor Chris Mason at Westminster.
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Iran is undertaking significant new construction near at least two of its major missile sites, satellite images suggest. We examine why this poses a challenge for the US.
Also on the programme, a senior Iranian official has sent the US a nuclear proposal via Qatar, according to the Reuters news agency.
And Iraq’s Foreign Minister warns that pro-Iran militias based in Iraq could get involved in the war, as disarmament talks between them and the Iraqi government stall.
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US President Donald Trump has asked Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) boss Dana White to be White House press secretary, in a social media post.
“Dana will be a Press Secretary like none other,” Trump wrote on Truth Social. “Dana, please take the job!”
It’s unclear whether the president’s public job offer is genuine. The BBC has asked the White House and UFC, along with its parent company TKO Group Holdings, for comment.
The vacancy for White House press secretary has been open since mid-October, when Katie Zacharia exited after just a few days on the job.
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The Democrats have won a blowout victory in the US midterm elections, winning the Senate and the House of Representatives, taking control of Congress for the rest of Donald Trump’s presidency.
In the Senate race, Republican strongholds have been toppled by the Democrats in Texas, Ohio and Kansas, which last elected a Democrat almost 100 years ago.
Trump has congratulated the Democrats on a “good job” and acknowledged that gas prices hurt Republicans during the midterm races, saying people “didn’t like it” when they had to pay more for fuel.
The midterm elections happen mid-way through every 4-year presidential election cycle, giving Americans the chance to elect members of Congress, which is made up of the House of Representatives and the Senate.
Here is how the night unfolded.
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