Rachel Reeves and Scott Bessent ‘argued’ in Washington after Chancellor’s Iran war criticism

NewsUKUK PoliticsRachel Reeves and Scott Bessent ‘argued’ in Washington after Chancellor’s Iran war criticismMs Reeves reportedly hit back that she did not work for the US treasury secretaryDavid Lynch Tuesday 05 May 2026 15:14 BSTBookmarkCommentsGo to commentsBookmark popoverRemoved from bookmarksClose popover{"translations":{"comments":"Go to comments","share":"Share","copyLink":"Copy link","bookmark":"Bookmark","removeBookmark":"Remove bookmark"},"showComments":true,"showBookmark":true,"articleId":"b2970768","articleMeta":{"url":"https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/rachel-reeves-scott-bessent-iran-war-b2970768.html","title":"Reeves ‘argued’ with US treasury secretary over Iran war"}}CloseRachel Reeves warns of ‘significant’ economic challenges from Iran warStay on top of the latest political news with our View from Westminster newsletterGet the latest political headlines with our free emailGet the latest political headlines with our free emailEmail*SIGN UPI would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our Privacy notice{"className":"sc-1ge0fwe-0","newsletterData":{"regSourceNewsletter":"IND_VIEW_WESTMINSTER_cdp","regTitle":"View from Westminster","subscriptionGroup":"view_from_westminster","subscriptionGroupId":"b95d438b-1c8a-4bcc-b662-ba3e12f2afc5","type":"the_view_westminster","pathPrefix":"/news/uk/politics","associatedAuthors":["Kate Devlin","Millie Cooke","Athena Stavrou"],"title":"Stay on top of the latest political news with our View from Westminster newsletter","mobileTitle":"Get the latest political headlines with our free email","imageSrc":"https://static.independent.co.uk/static-assets/images/newsletters/viewFromWestminster1_1_new.png","label":"I would like to receive morning headlines Monday - Friday plus breaking news alerts by email","newsletterKey":"receiveTheView","regSourceSection":"UK Politics","regSourceMethod":"NSCs"},"isClimate":false}Downing Street has declined to deny reports that Chancello...