Keir Starmer rules out firing British Chancellor Rachel Reeves

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Oct. 30 (UPI) -- British chancellor Rachel Reeves received the backing of Prime Minister Keir Starmer after apologizing for failing to purchase a $1,250 "selective" permit from the local authority to let her family home in South London. Reeves, or her realtor, face an unlimited fine should Southwark Council opt to prosecute the breach of rules requiring landlords comply with housing codes but Starmer rejected opposition parties' demands for an investigation Wednesday, saying she had not broken