Chancellor Rachel Reeves has said she is “sympathetic towards the mess” her Cabinet colleagues have faced, after it was reported that Sir Keir Starmer was facing backlash from his ministers over cuts that could come at next week’s Budget.
Ms Reeves has told the BBC it is “perfectly reasonable” that ministers “set out their case” to Number 10 and Number 11 ahead of the fiscal event, and warned problems cannot “just be magicked away”.
