Rachel Reeves, the British chancellor of the exchequer, made headlines last week when images of her crying in the UK parliament while seated behind Keir Starmer were beamed around the world. Friends ...

Shona Robison has urged the Chancellor to raise taxes on high earners, as Rachel Reeves scrambles to plug a £5 billion hole in her spending plans following the UK Government’s shock welfare U-turn.

Whether the chancellor’s emotional reaction at PMQs was personal or political, it underlines a perception of chaos in the ...