2 h. ago Voices: ‘Reshuffles are farcical’: Readers question scale of changes to Starmer’s cabinet

Our community was largely unimpressed with the PM’s reshuffle, arguing that the changes did not leave the government better positioned to challenge Farage. Others felts that the departure of Angela Rayner left the cabinet – and politics – worse off

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10 h. ago Unions threaten to pull Labour funding warning Starmer not to backslide on workers' rights overhaul after Rayner quits

Unite general secretary Sharon Graham reiterated a threat to pull millions in funding for the party if it does not see through the The Employment Rights Bill despite the departure of Angela Rayner .

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12 h. ago Starmer warned not to row back on workers’ rights after Rayner departure

Union boss says employment rights bill ‘is a vital first step in tipping the balance back toward workers’

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15 h. ago Labour to launch deputy leadership contest after Rayner’s departure

Process will give party’s leftwing an opportunity to air its discontent with Keir Starmer

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15 h. ago Labour launches deputy leadership contest after Rayner’s departure

Party’s leftwing will have opportunity to air its discontent with Prime Minister Keir Starmer

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21 h. ago KEVIN MAGUIRE: 'Keir Starmer needs unions after Angela Rayner departure'

The Mirror's Kevin Maguire argues Sir Keir Starmer should listen to the unions calls on workers' rights after the departure of Angela Rayner triggered a reshuffle

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2 d. 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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3 d. ago As reshuffles go, this was more akin to rearranging the deckchairs on the Titanic: JASON GROVES

Politics is about to get much tougher for Keir Starmer.

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3 d. ago Angela Rayner resigns LIVE: David Lammy becomes Deputy PM in reshuffle as MP quits cabinet over stamp duty scandal

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

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3 d. ago Rayner’s exit is a bombshell. But the real crisis for Starmer may have only just begun | Jonathan Freedland

From the outset her role has been crucial, and her fall will exacerbate all the doubts about the PM and his ability to keep Labour in powerSign up for our new weekly newsletter Matters of Opinion, where our columnists and writers will reflect on what they’ve been debating, thinking about, reading and moreA government that was already reeling has sustained another massive blow. Elected in a landslide slightly more than a year ago, Labour hit the midterm blues within a few months, currently has the poll numbers of an administration in its dying days – and has now witnessed a scandal and resignation close to the apex of power.Perhaps the many New Labour veterans now installed in Downing Street will be reassuring Keir Starmer that the storm of Angela Rayner’s departure will pass, reminding him that the Blair cabinet saw the exit of one Peter Mandelson – also over his homeowning arrangements, as it happens – similarly early in the first term, but paid no electoral price. And yet, the pri...

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3 d. ago The departure of Labour's Red Queen threatens a new era of instability for Starmer

Politics is about to get much tougher for Keir Starmer.

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3 d. 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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3 d. 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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