6 h. ago Jim McMahon MP latest to be axed in government reshuffle after Angela Rayner scandal

The Labour MP said it was time for a 'fresh start'

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10 h. ago Minister rules out early election amid government reshuffle and Angela Rayner drama

A wider junior ministerial reshuffle is understood to be taking place on Saturday

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11 h. ago Starmer ‘moving forward with strongest team’ following Cabinet reshuffle after Rayner resignation

The Labour government is “moving forward with the strongest team” following the resignation of Angela Rayner, the chief secretary to the prime minister said.

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12 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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12 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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23 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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24 h. ago Keir's nightmare on Downing Street: Angela Rayner's resignation sparks chaotic reshuffle and a civil war for the soul of Labour as Yvette Cooper and David Lammy both lose their jobs

The beleaguered Deputy Prime Minister finally had to quit after a sleaze inquiry found she had failed to pay up to £40,000 tax owed on a luxury seaside apartment.

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24 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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25 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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26 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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27 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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28 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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28 h. ago Government 'super ministry' explained as major cabinet reshuffle underway after Rayner resignation

A major reshuffling has been underway on Friday after Angela Rayner's resignation of Deputy PM

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29 h. ago Starmer forced to shake up top team after Rayner resigns over tax row

Reeves the only senior minister to keep her job as PM forced into major reshuffle after Rayner resigns for breaching the ministerial code

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29 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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29 h. ago Keir Starmer completes major cabinet reshuffle after Angela Rayner resigns over stamp duty scandal

Shabana Mahmood is the new Home Secretary, David Lammy will take over a Deputy Prime Minister and Steve Reed becomes Housing Secretary

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30 h. ago Angela Rayner resignation RECAP: Starmer reshuffles cabinet after Rayner resigns over underpaying stamp duty

The Deputy Prime Minister has faced mounting pressure to stand down after admitting she underpaid stamp duty on a flat she bought in Hove

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31 h. 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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31 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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31 h. ago Starmer kicks off major reshuffle after Angela Rayner leaves Government

Shabana Mahmood, formerly the justice secretary, is the new Home Secretary, the PA news agency understands.

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