Rachel Reeves was in tears at prime minister’s questions on Wednesday as the Tory leader, Kemi Badenoch, attacked the government over its U-turn on welfare cuts. The chancellor wiped away a tear after a series of questions from Badenoch, who said Labour MPs had said she was “toast”, and suggested the prime minister had failed to confirm that Reeves would stay in post until the election. Downing Street weighed in immediately behind Reeves, with aides saying she was “going nowhere” and that there would be no reshuffle. A spokesperson for Reeves said: “It’s a personal matter, which – as you would expect – we are not ... (full story)