1 hour ago Graffiti outside Angela Rayner's flat removed as council reveals who paid for clean

Ms Rayner quit as deputy prime minister, housing secretary and deputy Labour leader on Friday amid a tax scandal

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9 h. ago Farage to close Reform conference after telling activists to be ready for an election

Reform UK leader to close event having said party’s successes are ‘only the beginning’.

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12 h. ago Keir Starmer makes David Lammy deputy PM as Angela Rayner resignation sparks major cabinet reshuffle

Reshuffle takes place on tumultuous day at the top of Government as Rayner forced to quit over stamp duty scandal

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13 h. ago Cabinet reshuffle: Who's in and who's out in Keir Starmer's top team after Angela Rayner quits

The Prime Minister has shaken up his top team after Angela Rayner was forced to resign over her tax affairs

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14 h. ago Keir Starmer reshuffles Cabinet after Angela Rayner quits over tax error

Keir Starmer promoted Shabana Mahmood to Home Secretary as he shuffled his pack, making David Lammy deputy PM and moving Yvette Cooper to head the Foreign Office

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14 h. ago Keir's Cabinet bloodbath: David Lammy's face says it all as he leaves No 10 after being ousted as Foreign Secretary

Keir Starmer effectively went back to the drawing board after a dismal first year in power and torrid summer of migration protests.

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15 h. ago Sir Keir Starmer makes major Cabinet reshuffle after Rayner quits over tax row

Ms Rayner quit Government following an official probe into her admission she did not pay enough stamp duty when she bought a seaside home.

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15 h. ago The inside story of Angela Rayner’s resignation and how she wants to quit politics

Angela Rayner had been torn between being propelled to the top job and quitting politics altogether - but a mistake on tax has made the choice for her

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16 h. ago The rise and fall of Angela Rayner: from council estate to the halls of power

She escaped poverty to become a leading light of the Labour party, only to be brought down over a property tax payment scandal

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16 h. ago Yvette Cooper axed as Home Secretary in panicking Starmer's Cabinet bloodbath after Angela Rayner quit: David Lammy is moved from Foreign Secretary to Deputy PM

Keir Starmer is moving Yvette Cooper from the Home Office in an apparent admission that borders policy needs an overhaul, after a torrid summer of migration protests.

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16 h. ago Who is in and who is out? Cabinet reshuffle after Angela Rayner quits

The Prime Minister is shaking up his top team after Angela Rayner was forced to resign over her tax affairs

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17 h. ago Angela Rayner's resignation triggers a Labour purge: Panicking Starmer axes Cabinet ministers in bloody 'Phase 3' reshuffle after she quit for failing to pay tax

Keir Starmer is taking a knife to his team just days after he tried to launch a Labour 'Phase 2' following a torrid summer and consistently dire polls.

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17 h. ago We are on course to win a general election in two years, triumphant Farage tells his party 

The Reform leader used his keynote address at his party's confernece in Birmingham to twist the knife into Labour's wounds following the Deputy Prime Minister's exit.

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18 h. ago Panicking Keir Starmer launches 'Phase 3' as he axes Cabinet ministers in another bloody reshuffle after Angela Rayner is FINALLY forced to quit for failing to pay tax

Angela Rayner is understood to be leaving her post as Deputy PM after Sir Laurie Magnus delivered his verdict to Keir Starmer.

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18 h. ago Angela Rayner resigns LIVE: Reshuffle under way as Deputy PM forced to quit over stamp duty scandal

Sir Keir Starmer set to announce reshuffle after Angela Rayner’s dramatic departure

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18 h. ago Farage tells members to expect election in next two years as Rayner quits

Reform UK’s leader has told his party’s conference in Birmingham that progress made in the last year is only the beginning.

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18 h. ago Rayner’s resignation shows this government is worse than the last, Farage declares in Reform conference speech

Angela Rayner sensationally quit as deputy prime minister and housing secretary just one hour before Nigel Farage took to the stage in Birmingham

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19 h. ago How Labour will elect a new deputy leader now Angela Rayner has quit

The party now finds itself with the prospect of having to elect a new deputy, a contest which could see Labour’s factional divides aired publicly.

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19 h. ago Angela Rayner's resignation over tax scandal throws government into fresh disarray and sets up potential top party role for leftwing Starmer critic

Sir Keir Starmer is expected to carry out a wide reshuffle of his top team after Ms Rayner, 45, quit as deputy prime minister and housing secretary.

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19 h. ago Angela Rayner resigns LIVE: Deputy PM forced to quit over stamp duty scandal as Starmer to carry out reshuffle

Sir Keir Starmer set to announce reshuffle after Angela Rayner’s dramatic departure

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