Rachel Reeves gets Keir Starmer's backing after tears in the Commons

The British prime minister said: 'It’s got nothing to do with politics, nothing to do with what’s happened this week. It was a personal matter for her'

Chancellor Rachel Reeves was emotional during Prime Minister’s Questions (House of Commons/UK Parliament)

Rachel Reeves will be Britain's Chancellor for a “very long time to come”, Keir Starmer has said after she was seen crying during Prime Minister’s Questions.

The British prime minister said it was “absolutely wrong” to suggest the Chancellor’s visibly tearful appearance in the House of Commons related to the welfare U-turn, which put an almost £5bn black hole in her plans.