BREAKING: Rachel Reeves admits to being upset over 'personal issue' but comes out fighting

Rachel Reeves has come out fighting after appearing to cry at PMQs yesterday - insisting she is "totally" up for the job as Chancellor.

She said she was "clearly upset" in the commons - but declined to give a reason behind her tears.

She told broadcasters: "Clearly I was upset yesterday and everyone could see that. It was a personal issue and I'm not going to go into the details of that.

"My job as Chancellor at 12 o'clock on a Wednesday is to be at PMQs next to the Prime Minister, supporting the Government and that's what I tried to do.

"I guess the thing that maybe is a bit different between my job and many of your viewers' is that when I'm having a tough day it's on the telly and most people don't have to deal with that."

Asked whether she was surprised that the Prime Minister had not offered her more full-throated backing in the chamber, she said: "I think that people can see that Keir and me are a team.

"We fought the election together, we changed the Labour Party together so that we could be in the position to return to power and over the past year we've worked in lockstep together whether that is on the budget, on the spending review or indeed on our measures to improve public services like the 10-year plan for the NHS."

Asked whether she could reassure people that she was up for the job, she said: "I totally am. This is the job that I've always wanted to do.

"I'm proud of what I've delivered as Chancellor. Look, I think all of your viewers have had tough days... I happen to be on camera when I have a tough day."

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