UK prime minister Keir Starmer has moved swiftly to try to shut down speculation over the future of his chancellor of the exchequer, Rachel Reeves, just four weeks before a crucial budget.
Ms Reeves apologised after it emerged she let out her family home in London without the required licence, after Labour won the last election and she moved to a flat on Downing Street.
On Thursday she released emails with her letting agent that suggested the agent was meant to apply for the licence on her behalf but hadn’t done so.
In letters released by Downing Stree
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