Reeves tells Burnham to expect ‘shocks and challenges’ from get-go in No 10
Rachel Reeves (right) speaking with the BBC’s Laura Kuenssberg for an interview broadcast on Sunday. Photograph: Jeff Overs/BBC/PAView image in fullscreenRachel Reeves (right) speaking with the BBC’s Laura Kuenssberg for an interview broadcast on Sunday. She said it was obvious, “it couldn’t continue the way it was continuing”.Reeves said: “It’s perfectly reasonable for people to have ambition,” adding: “Andy has never shied away from the fact that he wanted to at some point lead the Labour party.
- ▪Rachel Reeves (right) speaking with the BBC’s Laura Kuenssberg for an interview broadcast on Sunday.
- ▪Photograph: Jeff Overs/BBC/PAView image in fullscreenRachel Reeves (right) speaking with the BBC’s Laura Kuenssberg for an interview broadcast on Sunday.
- ▪She said it was obvious, “it couldn’t continue the way it was continuing”.Reeves said: “It’s perfectly reasonable for people to have ambition,” adding: “Andy has never shied away from the fact that he wanted to at some point lead the Labour
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Rachel Reeves (right) speaking with the BBC’s Laura Kuenssberg for an interview broadcast on Sunday. Photograph: Jeff Overs/BBC/PAView image in fullscreenRachel Reeves (right) speaking with the BBC’s Laura Kuenssberg for an interview broadcast on Sunday. Photograph: Jeff Overs/BBC/PALabourReeves tells Burnham to expect ‘shocks and challenges’ from get-go in No 10Chancellor says PM-in-waiting needs ‘worked through plan’, in what could be one of her final interviews in No 11Aletha Adu Political correspondentSun 12 Jul 2026 05.25 EDTLast modified on Sun 12 Jul 2026 05.26 EDTSharePrefer the Guardian on GoogleRachel Reeves has urged Andy Burnham to arrive in Downing Street with a “worked through plan”, saying the incoming prime minister will be tested quickly by a range of incoming “shocks and…
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