Rowena Mason

Rowena Mason is the Guardian's Whitehall editor

Rachel Reeves says she will not let critics get her down after a week of painful speculation over whether she could be ousted as chancellor.

Reeves said she was qualified for the job and had ideas to turn things around amid concerns about falling business confidence and rising government borrowing costs.

"I didn't take it personally this week. It was political," she told the BBC's Political Thoughts with Nick Robinson. "There are people who don't want me to succeed. There are people who don't want this administration to succeed. That's fair. That's their prerogative. But I'm not going to let them get me down. I'm not going to let them stop me from doing what this administration has mandated to do. The main thing is to develop the economy and let working people live a better life.

"People have been through a tough time over the past few years. The cost of living crisis has taken its toll. Our economy is not competitive enough. People's wages are stagnant. We still have a lot of work to do."

Read more from Rowena Mason’s report here: I won’t let critics get to me, Reeves says after speculation about her future

cultural secretary Lisa Nandy This morning the government said it would accept "most" of the committee's recommendations Professor Alexis Jay aimed at preventing future child sexual abuse, but said "we are considering ways in which these measures could be implemented."

Ministers have previously claimed that the government plans to implement the 20 recommendations "comprehensively".

Lisa Nandy claims 'we are not a government run by social media', even as Home Secretary Yvette Cooper yesterday appeared to announce an urgent national review into the scale of grooming gangs as US tech billionaire Elon lashes out at internet The platform exerted pressure. Musk.

The Culture Secretary told BBC Breakfast:

We are not a government that governs through social media. We govern for the real world.

Victims sound the alarm over and over again, telling the same stories about the system that is supposed to protect them, to protect themselves, and about young women who are not believed because they are young, they are women, and they are working class.

We know what needs to be done and as a government we will act now to ensure help is provided for these young women.

"There's too much heat on social media and not enough light," Nandy said, adding, "I disagree for a moment that this administration is driven by what's happening on social media."

Cooper said Thursday Louise CaseyHaving written a report into sexual abuse in Rotherham, he will lead a three-month review into the size and scope of grooming gangs.

Cooper said Casey will check on the Professor Alexis Jayand will examine the race and demographics of abusers and victims, as well as "cultural and social drivers of this type of crime, including among different racial groups."

Good morning and welcome to our rolling coverage of British politics. Here are your headlines.

• cultural secretary Lisa Nandy Defending the government's decision to launch a three-month review into the size and extent of grooming and rape gangs, saying "we are not a government that governs through social media"

• Chancellor of the Exchequer Nick Robinson discusses BBC political thinking in podcast Rachel Reeves Has said she won't let critics bring her down

• leader of the opposition conservative party Kemi BadnockIt has criticized the Labor government's decision to scrap the winter fuel subsidy in favor of means-tested benefits and said the Conservatives would consider a triple lock on pensions.

• UK retailers unexpectedly saw sales fall last month, official data showed, as supermarkets and food stores endured their worst Christmas since 2013

Prime Minister Keir Starmer It is expected to be in Poland. Former business secretary, current Conservative colleague Alok Sharma Appearing in Covid inquiry.

With you today is Martin Bellam. You can contact me via email: martin.belam@theguardian.com.