11 Downing Street. The Chancellor Rachel Reeves will issue her Spring Statement today

A senior minister has denied the Government is in crisis after Angela Rayner’s resignation over her tax affairs triggered a major Cabinet reshuffle.

Chief Secretary to the Prime Minister Darren Jones said Sir Keir Starmer now has the “strongest team” in place after his former deputy quit for breaching the ministerial code.

He ruled out the prospect of an early election amid opposition claims that the upheaval could open up splits within Labour and collapse the Prime Minister’s authority.

A wider junior ministerial reshuffle is now understood to be taking place on Saturday as Sir Keir seeks to draw a line under the fallout from Ms Rayner’s departure.

Speaking to broadcasters on Saturday, Mr Jones dism

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