2 h. ago Angela Rayner denies leaking memo that ripped into Chancellor Rachel Reeves' controversial budget cuts

It emerged last week that the Deputy Prime Minister sent a secret memo to Rachel Reeves proposing eight tax hikes on savers and higher earners.

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3 h. ago Ministers considering tweaks to welfare reforms amid rebellion threat – reports

Sir Keir Starmer is said to be considering ‘tweaks’ to welfare cuts planned by his Government.

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7 h. ago ‘Badenoch has questions to answer over car hire security concerns’ – Labour

The Conservative leader has denied there were security concerns about the arrangement when she was a senior minister.

Events

8 h. ago Why Angela Rayner ‘never’ wants to be Prime Minister or Labour leader

The Deputy Prime Minister was asked to rule out becoming Prime Minister or leader of the Labour Party

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10 h. ago Angela Rayner refuses to confirm if UK Government will scrap two

The Deputy Prime Minister said "I'm not going to speculate on what our government is going to do."

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15 h. ago Angela Rayner refuses to guarantee more pensioners will receive fuel payments this winter

Deputy PM Angela Rayner said she hoped Chancellor Rachel Reeves will provide more details on the winter fuel payments in just a few weeks at the spending review in June

Economics

15 h. ago UK politics live: Badenoch blasts Starmer and Farage in benefits row as Rayner gives winter fuel U

Angela Rayner has suggested details on when winter fuel payments could be restored to more pensioners could be announced within a few weeks

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16 h. ago Winter fuel payment update issued by Labour Government after u

Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner said fresh details on who will benefit could be announced soon.

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16 h. ago Angela Rayner piles pressure on Keir Starmer over winter fuel U

The Deputy Prime Minister used a TV interview to suggest pensioners should be told within weeks whether and when they would see their payments restored.

Events

16 h. ago Angela Rayner says she ‘never’ wants to be Prime Minister or Labour leader

The Deputy Prime Minister was asked to rule herself out from the top job after a memo she sent to Rachel Reeves suggesting tax rises was leaked.

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18 h. ago 'Say the word never': Angela Rayner asked to rule out EVER running for Labour Party leader

The Deputy Prime Minister denied leaking a memo as part of an underhand bid to challenge Keir Starmer

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18 h. ago Deputy PM Angela Rayner: ‘I don’t want to be leader of the Labour Party’

Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner has quashed rumours that she is vying to become leader of the Labour Party, saying she has “no desire” to take on the role.

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18 h. ago Angela Rayner insists she has 'no desire' to be Labour leader as Deputy PM dismisses claims she's agitating for Keir Starmer's job

The Deputy Prime Minister said she has 'no desire' to be promoted to her party's top job, as she was grilled over her political ambitions.

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18 h. ago Angela Rayner blasts leadership rumours: I don’t want to be leader of the Labour Party

Sir Keir’s deputy said she will ‘never’ be leader of the party, amid growing speculation she could launch a leadership challenge

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25 h. ago Angela Rayner's recent salvo against No10 and the Treasury reportedly sparked by claims of an 'anti

Friends of Angela Rayner - who demanded soak-the-rich economic policies - say she believes that there is a misogynistic, anti-Northern streak in senior figures in Downing Street .

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26 h. ago Angela Rayner wages war on developers who fail to deliver on promised homes under 'radical' housing overhaul

The Deputy Prime Minister plans to give councils powers to seize land from unsatisfactory housebuilders who leave vital development sites unfinished.

Events

28 h. ago Angela Rayner's plot to 'rebuild Labour' being masterminded by her former

Senior Labour figures said friends of the Deputy Prime Minister invited them to help create a 'think-tank' which would 'promote a more confident centre-Left programme within government'.

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29 h. ago Angela Rayner declares war on developers who don't build promised homes with major rules change

Deputy PM Angela Rayner vowed to 'hold their feet to the fire' to get homes built with planned new powers for councils as the Government battles to fix the housing crisis

Events

29 h. ago New rules could see housebuilders who leave sites unfinished stripped of land

Developers will have to submit annual reports showing their progress.

Politics

32 h. ago Inside Labour plot to oust Keir Starmer as PM is given 12 months to turn things around

This week’s dramatic winter fuel U-turn has not been enough to stop behind-the-scenes talks over how to change leader within the Labour Party, asThe Independent’s political David Maddox found out

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