Politics LIVE: Keir Starmer to make huge announcement after Rachel Reeves' teary PMQs

Rachel Reeves will be Chancellor for a "very long time to come", Sir Keir Starmer has told the BBC after her tears at PMQs.

Speaking to the BBC's podcast Political Thinking with Nick Robinson, the Prime Minister denied suggestions the Chancellor was upset by the fallout over the Government's welfare Bill.

Sir Keir said: "That's absolutely wrong, it's got nothing to do with politics, nothing to do with what's happened this week. It was a personal matter for her. I'm not going to intrude on her privacy by talking to you about that. It is a personal matter."

Asked if Ms Reeves would remain in her post, the Prime Minister said: "She will be Chancellor by the time this is broadcast, she will be Chancellor for a very long time to come, because this project that we've been working on to change the Labour party, to win the election, change the country, that is a project which the Chancellor and I've been working on together."