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Keir Starmer dismisses Trump complaint

Keir Starmer has dismissed a ineligible ailment by Donald Trump's run that Labour is interfering successful the US predetermination to assistance his hostile Kamala Harris.

The Republican candidate's squad complained to the Federal Election Commission, accusing the UK Labour Party of "blatant overseas interference" successful the statesmanlike race.

The ailment accused Labour of making "apparent amerciable overseas nationalist contributions" to Ms Harris's campaign, citing reports that elder No10 unit held talks with Democratic strategists connected their predetermination success. It besides pointed to calls for Labour activists to unpaid for Ms Harris's campaign.

The Trump run said: "The far-left Labour Party has inspired Kamala’s dangerously wide policies and rhetoric. In caller weeks, they person recruited and sent enactment members to run for Kamala successful captious battleground states, attempting to power our election."

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Reeves responds to backlash from colleagues implicit cuts

Rachel Reeves has said she is "sympathetic towards the mess" her Cabinet colleagues look aft reports of a furious Budget backlash.

The Chancellor told the BBC it is "perfectly reasonable" that ministers "set retired their case" amid fears of cuts - but warned problems cannot "just beryllium magicked away".

She said she had reached spending settlements with each authorities departments up of the Budget. Speaking to Radio 5 Live from Downing Street successful an interrogation owed to beryllium broadcast aboriginal today, she said: "I'm precise sympathetic towards the messiness that my colleagues person inherited. I recognize those challenges, but besides my colleagues recognize the challenges that we look arsenic a authorities successful making definite that the sums adhd up.

"It is perfectly tenable that Cabinet colleagues acceptable retired their case, some to maine arsenic Chancellor and to the Prime Minister, astir the standard of the challenges that they find successful their departments. It's been a truly constructive process."

Last week, it was reported that the Prime Minister was facing backlash from elder ministers implicit imaginable departmental spending cuts. The Prime Minister has antecedently warned that the Budget adjacent Wednesday would beryllium "painful", and ministers person been referring to the "black hole" successful the nationalist finances since they entered office.

Ms Reeves volition beryllium looking to rise up to £40 cardinal from taxation hikes and spending cuts successful bid to debar a instrumentality to austerity.

Labour rubbishes Donald Trump 'interference' allegation

Environment Secretary Steve Reed this greeting rubbished Donald Trump's claims the Labour Party was interfering successful the US election.

He said immoderate campaigning was "individuals utilizing their ain clip and money". Mr Trump's statesmanlike run said an authoritative ailment had been filed - claiming Labour had "made, and the Harris run has accepted, amerciable overseas nationalist contributions".

Mr Reed told BBC Radio 4's Today programme: "It's up to backstage individuals what they bash with their with their escaped time, and it's really perfectly mean for radical who are funny successful authorities to spell from 1 state to run for a sister enactment successful different country.

"I've seen Americans successful the UK doing that successful our elections, but nary of this has been organised oregon paid for by the Labour Party. This is conscionable individuals utilizing their ain clip and their ain money."

Asked if helium wanted Donald Trump to triumph oregon suffer the election, Mr Reed said: "However (sic) the American radical elite arsenic their president, the United Kingdom Government volition enactment with them precise closely.

"We've had a peculiar narration with the US for galore decades present and that volition proceed into the future."