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Rachel Reeves pulls out of event hours after Starmer rejects calls to resign

The Independent·Sophie Wingate·21 days ago
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Chancellor Rachel Reeves has pulled out of an event in the City of London on Tuesday morning, the Treasury has confirmed amid speculation about Sir Keir Starmer’s future. Ms Reeves was due to take part in a “fireside chat” with the Lady Mayor of London at the City’s global risks summit after attending Cabinet. Her place will now be taken by Treasury minister Lucy Rigby. The Chancellor was seen arriving in Downing Street by car and walking into Number 11 early on Tuesday. She did not respond to questions from reporters as she entered the building. (PA) The PM is defying mounting calls for him to quit, telling a meeting of his Cabinet that the country “expects us to get on with governing” and “that is what I am doing”. His woes deepened on Tuesday morning as the first minister resigned from his Government urging him to go, and as the number of Labour MPs telling him to set out a timetable for his departure grew to 75.…

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