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This is Sonia Soda with The Week in Westminster.

A year ago to the day, Sekeir Stama addressed the nation as Prime Minister for the first time.

On the steps of Downing Street, he pledged to rebuild the country

and end the era of noisy performance. But Labor's first

anniversary in government caps what fast became its choppiest and most chaotic week yet. After a

spectacular U-turn over planned welfare cuts on Tuesday, Chancellor Rachel Reeves was visibly distressed

at Prime Minister's questions the next day.

Her spokesperson later clarified this was down to a personal matter, but the Conservative leader,

Kemi Badernock, went on the attack.

Mr Speaker, she's pointing at me, she looks absolutely miserable.

Labour MPs, Labour MPs, yeah, she looks absolutely miserable. Labor MPs,

they can point as much as they like. The fact is Labour MPs are going on the record saying

that the Chancellor is toast and the reality is that she is a human shield for his incompetent. In January,

he said that she would be imposed till the next election. Will she really?

Mr. Mr. Speaker, I have to say I'm always cheered up when she asked me questions or

responds to a statement because she always makes a complete mess of it and shows just, I'm always cheered up when she asked me questions or responds to a statement

because she always makes a complete mess of it and shows just how uns serious and irrelevant

they are.

It wasn't until later that day that Kirstama explicitly gave Rachel Rees his full backing

after the Chancellor's tears prompted government borrowing costs to rise and the pound to drop.

That calmed the markets,

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