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Rachel Reeves has said she will not apologise for crying at Prime Minister's Questions. The Chancellor was tearful during PMQs in the Commons last July as Sir Keir Starmer refused to guarantee that ...

Rachel Reeves has said she won’t apologise for crying during prime minister’s questions last year, but admitted she regretted attending the Commons while upset that day. The chancellor, who was ...

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When exactly is it okay to cry in public? And who gets to do it? It’s a question I’ve been pondering since last week when the UK’s chancellor of the exchequer, Rachel Reeves, shed a tear in the House ...