Chancellor Rachel Reeves has been spotted ‘in tears’ during Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s speech. As the cameras panned onto the Labour minister, viewers flocked to X, claiming the Chancellor appeared to look as if she “was going to burst into tears again”. While Sir Keir delivered his much anticipated speech at the annual Labour conference, Ms Reeves looked up to the prime minister. One viewer on X said: “Rachel Reeves in tears whilst Starmer droning on about the economy,” while another commented “Rachel Reeves in tears again?”.

A third user said: “Labour are obsessed with Nigel Farage and for a moment there I thought Rachel Reeves was going to burst into tears again. She certainly isn’t smiling.” Another person added: “What’s wrong with Rachel Reeves? The camera keeps going to her, looks close to tears… Come on, Keir, this speech is excruciating.”

Earlier this year, the Chancellor was spotted crying at Prime Minister’s Questions in Parliament. Speaking at PMQs, Kemi Badenoch said: “She looks absolutely miserable! She looks absolutely miserable. Labour MPs are going on the record to say that the Chancellor is toast, and the reality is she is a human shield for his incompetence.”

However, a spokesman for Ms Reeves told journalists at the time that the reason for her emotional state “is a personal matter, which – as you would expect – we are not going to get into.”