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| Theresa May refuses to say she won't sack Philip Hammond as Chancellor after the election | Theresa May refuses to say she won't sack Philip Hammond as Chancellor after the election |
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| Signs of a split between Downing Street and the Treasury intensified on Wednesday after Theresa May refused to confirm Philip Hammond would continue to be Chancellor after the general election. | Signs of a split between Downing Street and the Treasury intensified on Wednesday after Theresa May refused to confirm Philip Hammond would continue to be Chancellor after the general election. |
| At a joint press conference with the two Cabinet colleagues the Chancellor dismissed reports of a rift between him and the Prime Minister as media "tittle-tattle". | At a joint press conference with the two Cabinet colleagues the Chancellor dismissed reports of a rift between him and the Prime Minister as media "tittle-tattle". |
| But standing beside him, his boss Ms May twice failed to confirm that Mr Hammond would stay as Chancellor if the Conservatives returned to government after 8 June. | But standing beside him, his boss Ms May twice failed to confirm that Mr Hammond would stay as Chancellor if the Conservatives returned to government after 8 June. |
| Ms May said she was "very happy" to "endorse" Mr Hammond but shied away from actually pledging to keep him in post. | Ms May said she was "very happy" to "endorse" Mr Hammond but shied away from actually pledging to keep him in post. |
| She added: "We’ve worked together over the years for many years, longer than we could care to identify. That’s an age-related comment, nothing else, just in case you try and relate anything into that." | She added: "We’ve worked together over the years for many years, longer than we could care to identify. That’s an age-related comment, nothing else, just in case you try and relate anything into that." |
| Speaking at the same press conference, Mr Hammond said: "We do work very well together as a team and all this media tittle-tattle is just that, media tittle-tattle." | Speaking at the same press conference, Mr Hammond said: "We do work very well together as a team and all this media tittle-tattle is just that, media tittle-tattle." |
| Rumours of a split between the pair emerged after the Government took a sharp U-turn on Mr Hammond's plans to raise National Insurance for self-employed workers just days after he delivered his Budget. | Rumours of a split between the pair emerged after the Government took a sharp U-turn on Mr Hammond's plans to raise National Insurance for self-employed workers just days after he delivered his Budget. |
| Mr Hammond did not deny rumours that he had sworn at one of Ms May's top aide Nick Timothy. | |
| He said: “What I candidly admitted and my family will confirm this, is that I do occasionally swear. I wasn’t referring to any particular conversation, but I do occasionally swear.” |