Chancellor Rachel Reeves has made a surprise appearance alongside Sir Keir Starmer, one day after she was seen crying at Prime Minister’s Questions.
Helping to unveil the government’s 10-year plan for the NHS, she was smiling and embraced the prime minister as they jointly set out the government’s 10-year plan for the NHS.
The pound plummeted and government borrowing costs rose after the incident in Parliament on Wednesday, when Sir Keir initially failed to guarantee that Reeves would keep her job.
The fall was partially reversed after Sir Keir insisted he was “in lockstep” with his chancellor, who he said would be in her job “for a very long time to come”.
In a bid to put on a united front, the chancellor joined Sir Keir and Health Secretary Wes Streeting at a hospital in East London to launch plans for new neighbourhood health centres.
Sir Keir praised his chancellor, telling the audience that decisions made by Reeves had allowed the government to “invest record amounts in the NHS”.
Asked if he had been aware that his chancellor had been crying next to him in the House of Commons, Sir Keir said he “hadn’t appreciated what was happening” as he was “literally up and down” answering questions.