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The embattled Prime Minister is reportedly considering sacrificing his Chancellor in a desperate post-election reshuffle. According to reports, Sir Keir is weighing up sweeping changes to his top team scheduled for just days after the May 7 local elections, with Ms Reeves in the firing line.

One source branded it “one final roll of the dice” as No10 scrambles to re-establish Sir Keir’s authority if predictions of a Labour bloodbath at the council elections ring true. But what do you think? Should Keir Starmer sack Rachel Reeves? Vote in our poll and comment in the comment section below.

A senior Labour source told The Mail on Sunday: “This is the last gasp of a dying man. He’s going to have to be dragged out of No10 with his fingernails clinging to the wallpaper.”

The speculation comes as the Prime Minister battles to survive the Lord Mandelson scandal, with ministers insisting there is “no proof” Sir Keir has done anything wrong.

Chief Secretary to the Treasury Darren Jones told journalists this morning that he found the Mandelson situation regrettable, but added that it had “been shown not to be the case” that Sir Keir “had lied or misled the House or had done any wrongdoing here”.

Mr Jones, 39, denied that the Prime Minister was in “trouble” over the appointment and told the BBC’s Laura Kuenssberg that it had never come up whilst he was speaking to members of the public.

Lord Mandelson, 72, was sacked from his plum Washington posting after further information regarding his relationship with convicted paedophile Jeffrey Epstein came to light.

Sir Keir has been accused of misleading the House of Commons after he repeatedly informed MPs that “due process was followed” in the appointment.

It has been reported that Lord Mandelson had business connections with Russian oligarchs, and that his lobbying firm – which he divested himself of earlier this year – even did business with a company linked to the Chinese military.

Opposition parties, as well as some Labour MPs, have called for Sir Keir to face the powerful privileges committee that brought down former Prime Minister Boris Johnson.

But Mr Jones said the “opposition is just using tactics” and dismissed claims that Sir Keir had misled the House, saying there “was no case to answer”.

Speaking to the Sunday Times, Sir Keir insisted the “vast majority” of Labour MPs support him and want him to continue doing his job as Prime Minister.

He told the paper: “In politics, you get this sort of thing all of the time, there is always talk.”