UK chancellor tells US audience she is ‘not convinced that this conflict has made the world a safer place’

Chancellor ‘frustrated and angry’ at decision to attack Iran ‘without being clear what the objectives are’

U.K. Finance Minister Rachel Reeves called for an immediate de-escalation to the Middle East conflict on Wednesday.

Chancellor tells US audience she is ‘not convinced that this conflict has made the world a safer place’

UK chancellor tells US audience she is ‘not convinced that this conflict has made the world a safer place’

The chancellor’s comments come a day after she described the war as a ‘folly’

The chancellor's criticism follows a report that the conflict will hit the UK harder than other big economies.