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Starmer Vows Budgetary Rigor After UK Selloff Over Reeves Fears
Prime Minister Keir Starmer promised his government will adhere to strict budget rules as he sought to calm market jitters about Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves' future.
'She is an excellent chancellor; she will be chancellor for a very long time to come, into the next election and beyond it,' Starmer told Virgin Radio UK on Thursday morning. 'She and I are absolutely committed to our fiscal rules and the economic stability that is so important for this country — that is the rock on which we build everything else.'