Just two months ago, Rachel Reeves was wiping away tears on the frontbench during Prime Minister's Questions while Angela Rayner smiled nearby.
But yesterday the tables appeared to have turned, with the Chancellor looking cheerful as the Deputy Prime Minister cast a glum appearance along the green bench.
On both occasions, the senior Labour cabinet ministers were sat either side of Sir Keir Starmer as he answered questions from the despatch box.
But unlike Ms Reeves' tearful appearance, where Sir Keir appeared not to notice, he was seen apparently consoling Ms Rayner with a supportive pat on the shoulder soon after she entered the Commons chamber yesterday.
Ms Rayner appeared in the Commons just half an hour after she gave an emotional TV interview admitting she had underpaid tax when buying a flat in Hove in May.
