London, Jul 3 (PTI) British Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Thursday presented a united front with his Chancellor Rachel Reeves, a day after her tearful appearance in Parliament sparked much speculation over the future of the top tier of the Labour Party government as they complete one year since being elected in July last year. While Starmer stressed that Reeves will remain in her job handling the nation’s finances for 鈥渕any years to come鈥, the Chancellor told reporters that it was a 鈥減ersonal issue鈥 that had caused her very public tears and that she remains focussed on 鈥渃racking on with the job鈥 as head of the UK Treasury. Also Read | Mass Shooting Outside Chicago Nightclub: Drive-By Shooting at Album Launch Party Leaves 4 Dead, 14 Others Wounded, Police Say. The duo was joined by Health Secretary Wes Streeting at Sir Ludwig Guttman Health & Wellbeing Centre in east London as they launched the government’s flagship 鈥10 Year Health Plan’ to 鈥渇uture-proof鈥 the taxpayer-funded National Health Service (NHS). 鈥淚t’s all down to the foundation we laid this year, all down to the path of renewal that we chose, the decisions made by the Chancellor, by Rachel Reeves, which mean we can invest record amounts in the NHS,鈥 said Starmer. Also Read | India鈥檚 Concerns Shared with US Senator Lindsey Graham Who Proposed 500% Tariff on Russian Oil Buyers: S Jaishankar. 鈥淚 think it is just fantastic that she [Reeves] is here. None of this would be happening if she hadn’t taken the decisions that she has taken. She took those decisions and she will be taking them for many years to come,鈥 he said, as he launched a new 鈥淣eighbourhood Health Service鈥 to set up community-based teams of health workers to 鈥渄ramatically improve鈥 access to the NHS. 鈥淥ur 10-Year Health Plan will fundamentally rewire and future-proof our NHS so that it puts care on people’s doorsteps, harnesses game-changing tech and prevents illness in the first place,鈥 added Starmer. Reeves said that the government’s NHS plan, launched to mark the 77th birth anniversary of the health service on July 5, will ensure that it will 鈥渁lways be there for those who need it for the next 77 years and many more beyond that too鈥. On her being caught on camera shedding tears during the Prime Minister’s Questions (PMQs) session in the House of Commons on Wednesday, she told reporters: 鈥淐learly 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. 鈥淢y 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.鈥 Wes Streeting also offered his backing to his Cabinet colleague as he welcomed the 10-year plan of 鈥渇undamental changes鈥 in the way healthcare is delivered. 鈥淏y shifting from hospital to community, we will finally bring down devastating hospital waiting lists and stop patients going from pillar to post to get treated. This government’s Plan for Change is creating an NHS truly fit for the future, keeping patients healthy and out of hospital, with care closer to home and in the home,鈥 said the Health Secretary. The ministerial outing was clearly intended to move the narrative along from speculation over a crisis at the heart of the government and a brewing leadership challenge being faced by Starmer just a year into office as PM. 鈥淭hey’ve got no clue where the money’s coming from, are U-turning every five mins and we’re all going to pay to fix the mess they’ve made,鈥 Opposition Conservative Party leader Kemi Badenoch said in a social media statement. It follows days of upheaval over an internal Labour Party disagreements over a government plan to introduce social welfare reforms through changes to state benefits accessed by the disabled. Earlier this week, Starmer was forced to offer several concessions to the government’s Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill in order to avert a full-scale rebellion in his party ranks. It has left Chancellor Rachel Reeves with a budgetary hole to fill, causing much of the mayhem at the one-year mark which is usually considered smooth-sailing for a government elected with a landslide as Starmer-led Labour was in the July 4, 2024, general election. (This is an unedited and auto-generated story from Syndicated News feed, LatestLY Staff may not have modified or edited the content body)