Rachel Reeves backed Andy Burnham to become PM today – even though he is expected to ignore her pleas to be kept on as Chancellor.
Ms Reeves said she believed the former Greater Manchester Mayor will be ‘great’ in No10 as he closes in on taking power from Keir Starmer.
The Cabinet minister’s allies have spent weeks desperately trying to persuade Mr Burnham not to oust her from the Treasury.
Ms Reeves skipped Sir Keir’s resignation statement in Downing Street on Monday morning, but made an awkward appearance in a ‘mass selfie’ of Labour MPs with Mr Burnham that afternoon.
Advisers have reportedly been
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