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16 January 2025updated 14 Sep 2025 8:40am

Why Rachel Reeves won’t resign (yet)

Despite disastrous headlines, the Chancellor must stick to her guns.

Rachel Reeves is under fire for her management of the country’s finances.

With suggestions of an impending income tax raise, some have called for her to resign.

Andrew Marr and Will Dunn join Hannah Barnes to explain why the Chancellor won’t quit – yet.

Will Dunn also explains how government debt is calculated – and why the economic crash really might not have been (entirely) Liz Truss’s fault after all.

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The team also discuss the resignation of Tulip Siddiq, and whether Labour have a two-tier approach to discipline.

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