Chancellor Rachel Reeves was this week hit by a growing Labour party backlash over her plans to cut state spending and news that the economy shrank in January. After seven months in the job, a YouGov poll found just one in nine voters think she is doing a good job.

The slowdown in January piles further pressure on Rachel Reeves and Sir Keir Starmer ahead off this month’s spring statement

Labour MPs have been expressing unease about the proposed cuts to welfare, ahead of announcements next week.

The Department for Work and Pensions' planned cuts could be SCRAPPED by the Labour Party government as Chancellor Rachel Reeves is given another option. Ms Reeves is set to unleash her £6 billion cuts next week.

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