4 h. ago Labour admits it's failing: Starmer to axe more ministers TODAY as ally says explosive reshuffle is recognition of his disastrous start and migration fury

Keir Starmer is turning his attention to the junior ministerial ranks after pulling the pin on a huge Cabinet overhaul yesterday in the wake of Angela Rayner's resignation.

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4 h. ago ‘This is not chaos’: PM’s chief secretary defends reshuffle after Rayner’s exit

Darren Jones says Keir Starmer showed leadership by acting decisively after his deputy resignedUK politics live – latest updatesKeir Starmer’s government is not in chaos, the prime minister’s new chief secretary, Darren Jones, has said following an emergency reshuffle triggered by Angela Rayner’s resignation as deputy prime minister.The cabinet reshuffle, which had been planned for later in the autumn, was brought forward by Starmer in an attempt to assert control after Rayner was forced to step down from all three of her roles, having been found to have breached the ministerial code over her tax arrangements. Continue reading...

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4 h. ago ‘Same faces, different positions’: Will Starmer’s reshuffle change anything?

With just one new face around the cabinet table and a massive job swap for most of the rest, political editor David Maddox questions whether Keir Starmer has done enough to reverse his government’s dire fortunes

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5 h. ago Labour admits it's failing: Starmer's explosive reshuffle is a recognition of his disastrous start and migration fury, says ally

Keir Starmer is turning his attention to the junior ministerial ranks after pulling the pin on a huge Cabinet overhaul yesterday in the wake of Angela Rayner's resignation.

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7 h. ago Cabinet reshuffle live: More changes to Starmer’s top team expected as minister reacts to Farage’s 2027 election claim

Keir Starmer’s major cabinet reshuffle saw a dozen cabinet positions change, including the foreign minister and home secretary

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7 h. ago Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer tries to move on as Labour MPs 'gutted' over Angela Rayner tax row fallout

Ashton-under-Lyne MP Ms Rayner's sudden resignation prompted the first major reshuffle of the PM's premiership

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7 h. ago Cabinet reshuffle: Every new appointment in Sir Keir Starmer's top team following Angela Rayner's resignation

It came after it emerged Ashton-under-Lyne MP Ms Rayner resigned from government

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11 h. ago Sacking Ian Murray was a move Keir Starmer did not need to make

Record View says the former Scottish Secretary had a tough job - but did it well.

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15 h. ago Cabinet big beasts swap jobs as Keir Starmer reshuffles frontbench in wake of Angela Rayner resignation: RECAP

LIVE UPDATES: Follow the latest as Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner awaits the outcome of an ethics report into her tax affairs after she admitted underpaying stamp duty.

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16 h. ago The queue for Dover? Pictures show large group of men idling by notorious French people smuggling port as UK little boat arrivals pass 50,000 since Labour swept to power last year 

The milestone underscores the failure of Sir Keir Starmer 's 'smash the gangs' strategy, which critics have long insisted will not work without an effective deterrent for the migrants themselves.

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16 h. ago Couple killed in Lisbon funicular crash posted pictures of trip before they died

A total of 16 people died when the popular tourist attraction derailed in the centre of the city on Wednesday night.

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16 h. ago DAILY MAIL COMMENT: Angela Rayner saga exposes hypocrisy of Labour 

In opposition, Sir Keir Starmer pompously vowed Labour would be a standard-bearer for a more honourable brand of politics.

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16 h. ago Cabinet reshuffle live: Harman claims ‘there is a way back’ for Rayner after resignation in tax scandal

Keir Starmer’s major cabinet reshuffle saw a dozen cabinet positions change, including the foreign minister and home secretary

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17 h. ago Cabinet reshuffle live: Harman says ‘there is a way back’ for Rayner after resignation in tax scandal

Keir Starmer’s major cabinet reshuffle saw a dozen cabinet positions change, including the foreign minister and home secretary

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18 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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19 h. ago LIZZY BUCHAN: Angela Rayner's departure leaves a headache for Keir Starmer

The row over Angela Rayner's tax affairs was the last thing Keir Starmer needed as he sought to reset his Government - and the problems aren't over for the Prime Minister

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19 h. ago Angela Rayner 'looked like someone who knew she'd done wrong' before resignation

The firebrand Labour MP handed her resignation to Keir Starmer after admitting she had underpaid stamp duty on the £800,000 flat she recently bought in the well-to-do seaside neighbourhood of Hove

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20 h. ago Sir Keir Starmer's authority in tatters and government meltdown over Angela Rayner tax scandal

Her Rayn's over as Angela forced to resign from cabinet over a stamp duty tax scandal that just refused to go away - much to the embarrassment of boss Starmer

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20 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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20 h. ago Rayner’s allies lash out at Starmer after deputy prime minister resigns in tax scandal

Analysis: Angela Rayner and those closest to her believe she has been betrayed by Keir Starmer and that her departure followed a months-long ‘get Angela’ campaign

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