The battle to become Andy Burnham’s chancellor has already descended into bitter infighting among allies of the rival candidates as they seek to wrestle control over the direction of the party’s economic programme
Rachel Reeves is tipped to face the sack once Burnham enters No10, if, as widely predicted, he becomes Prime Minister in little under four weeks’ time.
Although she was one of the first to back Burnham during his last tilt at the leadership in 2015 and had been expected to become his shadow chancellor had he been victorious, Reeves is closely associated with the perceived failures of Keir Starmer’s government.
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The Chancellor was notable by her absence from the steps of Downing Street as Starmer gave his resignation speech at around 9.30am on Monday.
