45 h. ago Angela Rayner shaking as she breaks silence in emotional resignation speech

Ms Rayner, who was also the housing secretary and deputy leader of the Labour Party, resigned in September after admitting that she did not pay enough tax on a new home

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45 h. ago Angela Rayner makes first public comments since resigning as Deputy PM

Ex-Deputy PM Angela Rayner says Labour is best when it is 'bold' as she he vowed to 'fight with everything I have' to change lives in first public comments since resigning

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3 w. ago 'We want Angela back': Wes Streeting is cheered as he urges Rayner to return... less than a month after she quit over £40,000 Stamp Duty dodge

The Health Secretary received a standing ovation at Labour's conference in Liverpool as he lavished praised on the recently-resigned deputy prime minister.

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3 w. ago 'We want her back... we need her back': Wes Streeting urges Angela Rayner to make a stunning return to Labour's top team

The Health Secretary received a standing ovation at Labour's conference in Liverpool as he lavished praised on the recently-resigned deputy prime minister.

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3 w. ago Angela Rayner breaks her silence with a hint that she WILL make a comeback after 'King of the North' Andy Burnham's leadership push collapses

The Labour MP, who was forced to quit her Government roles earlier this month following a tax row, vowed to 'continue fighting for working people'.

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3 w. ago Will he? Won’t he? Do the King of the North’s antics remind you of anyone? | Marina Hyde

As Andy Burnham heads to Liverpool, think back to the Tory conferences of 2017 and 2018. We all know how that panned out“Whenever Westminster has gone into a moment,” Andy Burnham lamented in one of his many interviews this week, “I have somehow been drawn into it.” Yeah, we’re all trying to find the guy who did this. Why is this happening to Andy Burnham, this fevered speculation that Labour’s Iron Throne has his name on it, which is now causing cabinet ministers, the prime minister and maybe even the bond markets to overtly or covertly slag him off? “I think what we’ve got to do,” Andy thought in another interview, “is to stop the sense in Westminster at times that everything is in flux.” Counterpoint: the sense in Westminster is that everything is completely and utterly fluxed. The wider country is considerably less optimistic.Yet is Andy Burnham the answer? The Greater Manchester mayor would certainly appear to reckon so, having worked tirelessly this week to give himself pre-ti...

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4 w. ago Andy Burnham: Could the ‘King of the North’ return to Westminster and nab the top job?

With Keir Starmer floundering in the polls, Labour needs rescuing from the growing threat of Reform. Sean O’Grady asks if Andy Burnham could be its knight in shining armour

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4 w. ago Andy Burnham: Could the ‘King of the North’ return to Westminster for the top job?

With Sir Keir floundering in the polls, the Labour Party is looking for someone to rescue it from the growing threat of Reform. Could the Greater Manchester mayor – who has lost two party leadership races – be the knight in shining armour? Sean O’Grady takes a closer look at Andy Burnham and asks whether he can make it third time lucky

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