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Health Secretary Mr Streeting, speaking at the Jewish Labour Movement’s annual conference in North London, said: "I think people continue to underestimate both the amount of heavy lifting she has had to do in her first six months and the amount of heavy lifting she will have to do in her next six months.
"And the cabinet doesn't underestimate that - we understand the choices she has to make, the pressure she is under."
Mr Streeting continued that he and all his colleagues "have a responsibility" to both "make tough choices and drive reform and value for money" within their departments and "be drivers of economic growth."
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Rachel Reeves, pictured in China. (Image: Getty)
He said: "Nothing in the last six months has shaken my conviction that economic growth is the number one priority.”
Mr Streeting also argued that Ms Reeves was "trying to break us out of what has been the status quo and the economic orthodoxy of more than a decade".
He added: "People need to give her time, and they need to not forget that, without [Sir Keir Starmer's] leadership, certainly we wouldn't have won the last general election.
"Without Rachel's leadership, we wouldn't have won the last general election either. She built Labour's economic credibility out of the ashes they were left in after the Corbyn leadership. And she has built that trust, built up that plan, and now she's following through."
Wes Streeting admitted Rachel Reeves was 'under pressure' (Image: Getty)
Mr Streeting insisted that he had "total confidence in the leadership that Rachel's providing, and the leadership that the cabinet is following and driving with her, because all of us have to deliver economic growth for our country”.
Ms Dodds, speaking at the same event, also addressed the question of how much fiscal headroom - the amount of flexibility or leeway a government has within its budget to increase spending, cut taxes, or take on additional borrowing without breaching its self-imposed fiscal rules or targets.
She said: "We have to focus on actually the evidence.
"And when we look at the evidence, we can see that the UK government has a chancellor who is very clear about the long-term plan for our country. She's been delivering on it.
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"I think it's really important for us to focus on those fundamentals, on what has been achieved in a very short space of time. And I'm confident in that long-term plan that Rachel has been setting out.
"And we can already see the benefit of that, frankly, in terms of the UK's reputation when it comes to public finances, but economic management more generally. Certainly, that's what I've heard internationally and keep hearing just now.”
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However, sentiment is still well above the lows seen during the Covid-19 pandemic and in 2022 during Liz Truss's brief time in Downing Street.