12 h. ago Angela Rayner ally hints she could wade in on workers' rights amid Labour backlash at Starmer for ditching 'day one' unfair dismissal

Angela Rayner has so far maintained a public silence after plans to give workers the rights to sue for unfair dismissal from 'day one' were abruptly ditched last week.

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27 h. ago Now Angela Rayner faces new storm over tax on her grace and favour apartment

The former Deputy Prime Minister is said to have belatedly paid the second home charge on Admiralty House only after being contacted about it.

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58 h. ago Starmer facing fury of left again as he is accused of breaching another Labour manifesto promise by ditching Rayner's day one rights for workers

Sir Keir Starmer is once more at war with the left after ditching a key part of Angela Rayner 's workers' rights bonanza.

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60 h. ago Congratulations everyone! Starmer survives another week, and it’s only cost us £26bn | Marina Hyde

Labour can proudly say this was a budget for working people – that is, if your job happens to be prime ministerThanks to Labour’s incredible Black Friday deal, breaking manifesto policies is buy-one-get-one-free. As part of its all-promises-must-go drive, it’s ditching its flagship policy giving the right to claim unfair dismissal from day one of employment. Employers will now have up to six months to summarily sack workers who don’t pan out – unless they’re the government, in which case people have to wait till 2029.The employment rights bill was drawn up and championed by Angela Rayner, who resigned in September following a series of discoveries about her tax affairs. Weird to think that Rayner could easily have been in the I’m a Celebrity camp right now. The former deputy PM reportedly got pretty far along in her discussions with ITV in terms of booking a spot on the current series of the fauna-testicle-based format, and could at this very moment have been giving us her Queen Ove...

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67 h. ago Minister defends watering down Angela Rayner's flagship Bill amid backlash

Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson said there was a 'very real prospect' that key measures in the Employment Rights Bill would not be in place by April without the change

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67 h. ago Will Angela Rayner join workers' rights revolt against Starmer? Shaken PM braces for ex

Keir Starmer faces fury for breaking another manifesto pledge after abruptly abandoning 'day one' rights to sue for unfair dismissal last night.

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3 d. ago Now ditch the rest of it! Labour under pressure to scrap Angela Rayner's  workers' rights revolution after dropping 'job killing' plan to let staff sue their boss from day one

In a humiliating U-turn, the government last night announced it was dropping Ms Rayner's plan to give people the right to sue their employer for unfair dismissal on their first day in the job.

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3 d. ago Starmer faces backbench anger after ‘day one’ workers’ right U

MPs including a former employment minister have said the move breaches Labour’s manifesto.

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4 d. ago Rayner should pay back ‘avoided’ tax if she returns to Cabinet – Badenoch

Kemi Badenoch claimed the Prime Minister is considering bringing back Ms Rayner because he is ‘desperate to shore up his crumbling leadership’.

Economics

5 d. ago Rachel Reeves is mocked in AI video game called 'Grand Theft Austerity' ahead of Budget

The video, produced by the same group behind similarly comedic content that lampooned Rachel Reeves and the former deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner, comes ahead of the Budget.

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5 d. ago Rachel Reeves is mocked in AI video game called 'Grand Theft Austerity' ahead of tomorrow's Budget

The video, produced by the same group behind similarly comedic content that lampooned Rachel Reeves and Angela Rayner, comes ahead of tomorrow's budget.

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5 d. ago 'Fed up': Minister slams talk of coronation for Wes Streeting after coup against Keir Starmer

The Health Secretary’s allies are said to be pushing for him to be installed as Labour leader, and PM, rather than a contest against a Left-winger such as Angela Rayner

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7 d. ago Four Labour 'stars' who would be next Prime Minister if they took on Keir Starmer

Angela Rayner and Andy Burnham would wipe the floor with the PM in a leadership vote - and he would even lose to Wes Streeting and former leader Ed Miliband

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7 d. ago Reeves gets more abuse because she is a woman, Starmer suggests

Rachel Reeves told The Times Magazine this week that she was ‘sick of people mansplaining how to be Chancellor to me’.

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7 d. ago Keir Starmer suggests he wants Angela Rayner back in Cabinet before next election

Keir Starmer opens the door for ex-Deputy PM Angela Rayner's return after she was forced to quit in September over not paying enough stamp duty on her seaside home in Hove

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8 d. ago The real reason why Angela Rayner bought the £800,000 flat that proved her undoing

Angela Rayner's thinly disguised ambition to succeed Sir Keir Starmer has become a matter of location, location, location.

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8 d. ago Burnham heads list of candidates by Labour members to replace Starmer

The Greater Manchester mayor is one of four Labour politicians, including Angela Rayner, Ed Miliband and Wes Streeting, who Labour Party members would vote for to replace Keir Starmer, according to a new poll

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1 week ago Veteran Labour activist quits party after nearly 50 years with attack on Keir Starmer and local MP Angela Rayner

Barrie Holland, 82, left the party amid disillusionment at the job being done by disgraced former deputy leader Ms Rayner, whose constituency includes Droylsden.

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1 week ago Angela Rayner was in 'advanced talks' for I'm A Celebrity: Labour's ex

Angela Rayner is understood to have come close to snubbing Westminster for Australia as it was revealed today how she was in advanced talks to join this year's I'm A Celebrity

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1 week ago 'She fancies herself. There's no turning things around now': Angela Rayner's shameless next move revealed by stunned Labour insiders

It's just over two months since Angela Rayner dramatically resigned as a cabinet minister and Deputy Prime Minister, writes DAN HODGES, plunging the Government into crisis.

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