PMQs: PM defends Rachel Reeves as Tories call for her to go

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Sir Keir Starmer faces MPs in the first PMQs since last week's Budget.

The prime minister defends Chancellor Rachel Reeves, saying the government is "turning the page" on the previous Conservative government's mistakes.

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