4 h. ago Ed Miliband defied Starmer bid to strip him of energy secretary brief

ITV political editor Robert Peston says Sir Keir Starmer wanted Ed Miliband to succeed Angela Rayner as housing minister - but he refused

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4 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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5 h. ago Union leaders warn of ‘massive backlash’ if Starmer axes Rayner’s workers’ rights charter

Union delegates fear Keir Starmer’s cabinet reshuffle is ‘a right-wing coup’ and have warned the PM that the workers’ rights package is a ‘red line’

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10 h. ago Starmer 'tried to strip Ed Miliband of Net Zero brief' in panicky reshuffle to counter Reform threat as allies admit climate push IS holding back growth

Keir Starmer is said to have asked Ed Miliband to take over Angela Rayner's housing department as he reshaped his team.

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10 h. ago UK politics live: Thornberry and Haigh make Labour deputy leader pitches as race heats up

Labour’s national executive meeting to draw up plans for contest today

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12 h. ago UK politics live: Starmer accused of deputy leader race ‘stitch

Labour’s national executive meeting to draw up plans for contest today

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13 h. ago Starmer is warned he can't keep making 'mistakes' as he turns to Blairites, admits benefits MUST be cut and Net Zero IS holding back growth

Keir Starmer completed his dramatic reshuffle last night, after the resignation of Angela Rayner caused chaos.

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14 h. ago Floundering Starmer turns to 'Blairites' in reshuffle as insiders admit Net Zero IS holding back growth and benefits MUST be cut

Keir Starmer completed his dramatic reshuffle last night, after the resignation of Angela Rayner caused chaos.

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14 h. ago UK politics live: Emily Thornberry ‘first to jump into Labour deputy leader race’ as contest to kick off

Labour’s national executive meeting to draw up plans for contest today

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14 h. ago UK politics live: Labour to launch deputy leadership race after Starmer completes cabinet reshuffle

Labour’s national executive meeting to draw up plans for contest today

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17 h. ago Reshuffle it how you like, Starmer’s ‘grownup’ Labour has the Tory whiff of spiteful incompetence | Nesrine Malik

Here we are again: constant rebooting, cruel rhetoric and crackdowns. And hurtling towards a Reform-shaped futureSign 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 moreThere has been a familiar feeling in the air for a while, but not one I could identify until last week, when it finally settled. It is a sense that this Labour government is just as terminally dysfunctional and directionless as its predecessor. I am beginning to feel the same sense of frustration, confusion, anger and depletion that I carried through all those years of Conservative government.Here we are again, with the pettiness and authoritarianism, the performatively cruel rhetoric and crackdown on immigration, the ridiculous posturing on flags, the empty sloganeering – and with the constant rebooting in order to jumpstart a broken machine. The result is that government has been reduced to the same intrus...

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24 h. ago Scottish Labour MP becomes minister as part of Starmer's cabinet reshuffle

The Prime Minister has completed a major overhaul of his Cabinet and ministerial team in the aftermath of Angela Rayner's resignation on Friday.

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25 h. ago UK politics live: Starmer completes reshuffle as new home secretary faces small boat Channel crossings crisis

A government source said ‘nothing is off the table’ for the new home secretary Shabana Mahmood

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30 h. ago Starmer’s reshuffle continues after minister says asylum seekers could be moved to barracks: UK politics live

A government source said “nothing is off the table” for the new home secretary Shabana Mahmood

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34 h. ago Migrants could be moved to military sites as PM tells new Cabinet ‘go up a gear’

Sir Keir Starmer used a major reshuffle over the weekend to make wide-ranging ministerial changes at the Home Office.

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34 h. ago Healey says Rayner ‘not a victim’ amid Labour reshuffle discontent

The Defence Secretary said a ‘good team’ was in place following Sir Keir Starmer’s reshuffle.

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34 h. ago John Healey reveals Starmer has told cabinet to ‘go up a gear’

John Healey has revealed that Sir Keir Starmer has instructed his cabinet to “go up a gear”, following the prime minister's major reshuffle of his top team and junior ministers.

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36 h. ago Military sites could be used as temporary accommodation for asylum seekers, minister says – UK politics live

Starmer to ‘go up a gear’ as ministers consider changes to human rights laws in bid to head off Reform UKThe most significant moves in Starmer ’s reshuffle d cabinetConservative party chair Kevin Hollinrake has accused Reform UK of copying the former government’s migration policies.Speaking on Sky News this morning, Hollinrake said:All Reform are doing now – a few weeks ago they were talking about towing the boats back to France and they realised they couldn’t do that.And all their plans now are a copycat – exactly the plans that we had in the last government. Continue reading...

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38 h. ago UK politics live: Asylum seekers ‘to be moved from hotels to barracks’ as Starmer toughens immigration plans

Sir Keir Starmer has reshuffled key ministerial posts, including sweeping changes in the Home Office

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47 h. ago Scots MP Ian Murray rejoins government one day after being sacked

The MP lost his job as Scottish Secretary amid an ongoing emergency Cabinet reshuffle by Keir Starmer.

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