26 h. ago 'Rayner's shoring up support across the party': As Team Ange plot her leadership bid, how a botched hit job left Starmer exposed to an assassin's blade

When ministers heard Angela Rayner was planning a dramatic Commons intervention on her beloved - and economically ruinous - workers' rights Bill, they swung into action.

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40 h. ago ‘Technocrat’ criticism was not aimed at Starmer, insists Streeting

The Health Secretary also ruled out the possibility of challenging the Prime Minister’s leadership alongside Angela Rayner.

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40 h. ago I am loyal, honest! Wes Streeting rules out 'dream ticket' with Angela Rayner to challenge Starmer... as he claims 'maintenance man' jibe was NOT aimed at PM

Wes Streeting answered 'yes' when he was directly asked whether he could guarantee he will not join forces with the former Deputy PM to challenge Keir Starmer .

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41 h. ago Wes Streeting rubbishes claims of Angela Rayner 'joint ticket' plot for No10

Health Secretary Wes Streeting categorically rules a leadership challenge with ex-Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner after reports claimed his allies were seeking a 'joint ticket'

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3 d. ago Angela Rayner 'would rather stick pins in her eyes than back Wes Streeting for Labour leader' if Starmer is toppled

Allies of the former deputy prime minister dashed hopes that she would link up with the Health Secretary on a unity ticket if Sir Keir Starmer was forced from No10.

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4 d. ago Angela Rayner fuels Labour leadership frenzy as she forces Starmer to speed up workers' rights overhaul with swipe at 'wasted time'

Ministers have agreed that the Employment Rights Bill will be implemented from January 2027 instead of October that year.

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5 d. ago RICHARD LITTLEJOHN: The jobs market has already collapsed. Now, Angela Rayner is back... and this is how she's planning to take us back to the mayhem of the 1970s

Angry Ginge may currently be serving a three-match ban, after getting a red card for not paying tax, but her crusade to increase the power of the trades unions is being enthusiastically pursued.

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5 d. ago Angela Rayner warns Sir Keir Starmer 'now is not the time to blink or buckle' on her flagship workers' rights bill

In a pointed intervention, the former deputy prime minister told the Commons it was 'not the time to blink or buckle' on legislation boosting the right to strike, which employers warn will cost the economy billions.

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5 d. ago POLL OF THE DAY: Would Angela Rayner be a better prime minister than Sir Keir Starmer?

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has praised the 'hugely talented' Angela Rayner - who is popular with the Labour Left - and explicitly said he expects her to return to his Cabinet.

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6 d. ago Scared Sir Keir? Starmer heaps praise on Rayner as he says 'she will return to his Cabinet'

Sir Keir Starmer has lavished praise on the 'hugely talented' Angela Rayner and said he hopes the former deputy prime minister will return to his Cabinet amid claims she is preparing a bid for No10.

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6 d. ago Keir Starmer says ‘hugely talented’ Angela Rayner will return to cabinet

PM gives clearest indication yet of comeback, calling former deputy ‘the best social mobility story’ the country has seenUK politics live – latest updatesKeir Starmer has predicted that Angela Rayner will return to the cabinet, calling his former deputy, who resigned in September after underpaying stamp duty on a property purchase, “hugely talented”.In an interview with the Observer, the prime minister described Rayner, who left school aged 16 without any qualifications, as “the best social mobility story this country has ever seen”. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago Keir Starmer confirms Angela Rayner will return to Cabinet after underpaying stamp duty

The former deputy prime minister and housing secretary resigned in September after an ethics probe found she breached ministerial code over stamp duty on her flat in Hove

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6 d. ago Sir Keir Starmer says former deputy Angela Rayner will return to Cabinet

Ms Rayner resigned as deputy prime minister and housing secretary in September after an ethics probe found that she breached the ministerial code.

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7 d. ago Angela Rayner 'set to reject job offer from Starmer AND joint ticket with Streeting to plot solo bid for No 10' as her supporters believe she'll be cleared by HMRC over stamp duty on £800,000 flat

Sir Keir Starmer is so concerned about a leadership challenge from Angela Rayner that he has offered her the Education Secretary's job, it was claimed on Saturday.

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7 d. ago Rayner 'set to reject job offer from PM and joint ticket with Streeting to plot solo bid for No 10'

Sir Keir Starmer is so concerned about a leadership challenge from Angela Rayner that he has offered her the Education Secretary's job, it was claimed on Saturday.

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7 d. ago Angela Rayner 'won't be played like a pawn' amid Labour leadership pact claims

A source close to the Ashton-under-Lyne MP said there was 'no vacancy and no pact' for the Labour leadership

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8 d. ago Rayner ‘won’t be played like a pawn’ after claims of mooted Streeting pact

A source said ‘there is no vacancy and there is no pact’ amid claims that MPs close to Wes Streeting had approached Angela Rayner.

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8 d. ago Angela Rayner hits back after fresh rumours of 'joint ticket' pact plan by Wes Streeting so he can topple Sir Keir Starmer as Prime Minister

The disgraced former housing secretary was reportedly promised a Cabinet role if she backs Streeting for a future leadership run.

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1 week ago She's back! Angela Rayner makes first intervention since her dramatic departure from Cabinet as she pushes Government to speed up introduction of her workers' rights bonanza

The former Deputy Prime Minister will on Wednesday stage her first policy intervention since she dramatically quit the Cabinet in September over the tax bill due on her seaside home.

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1 week ago Angela Rayner returns to pressure Starmer over workers' rights law by leading drive to force him to introduce protection for staff SOONER

The former deputy prime minister is set to table an amendment to the Workers' Rights Bill she championed before resigning in disgrace.

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