7 h. ago Angela Rayner attends Manchester vigil for victims of synagogue terror attack as she makes rare public appearance after she resigned as deputy PM

Wearing a red coat, the former cabinet minister appeared glum as she sheltered under an umbrella for the service, close to the synagogue in Middleton Road, Crumpsall.

Events

60 h. ago Frontrunner to become Keir Starmer's deputy demands he stop 'trying to out

Lucy Powell, who was in Sir Keir's Cabinet until earlier this month, hit out as she campaigned for the senior party post vacated by Angela Rayner.

Politics

62 h. ago Keir Starmer says Angela Rayner WILL make a comeback ... just weeks after she was forced to quit over underpaid tax on her holiday home

The Prime Minister said Ms Rayner had paid a 'heavy price' by resigning for failing to pay the correct stamp duty on an £800,000 seaside flat 250 miles from her constituency.

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63 h. ago Keir Starmer drops Angela Rayner 'return' hint only weeks after she quit over tax row

The Prime Minister hailed his former deputy and housing secretary as a ‘great story for social mobility’, adding that she will be a ‘major voice’ in British politics for years to come

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3 d. ago 'We need her back': Health Secretary dedicates care announcement to ex

The Health Secretary told the Labour Party Conference on Tuesday: ‘We need her back’

Society

3 d. ago 'We want Angela back': Wes Streeting is cheered as he urges Rayner to return... less than a month after she quit over £40,000 Stamp Duty dodge

The Health Secretary received a standing ovation at Labour's conference in Liverpool as he lavished praised on the recently-resigned deputy prime minister.

Economics

3 d. ago 'We want her back... we need her back': Wes Streeting urges Angela Rayner to make a stunning return to Labour's top team

The Health Secretary received a standing ovation at Labour's conference in Liverpool as he lavished praised on the recently-resigned deputy prime minister.

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3 d. ago Angela Rayner breaks her silence with a hint that she WILL make a comeback after 'King of the North' Andy Burnham's leadership push collapses

The Labour MP, who was forced to quit her Government roles earlier this month following a tax row, vowed to 'continue fighting for working people'.

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4 d. ago How panicking Labour bosses tried to airbrush disgraced Angela Rayner from glossy conference brochure like Stalin's propagandists, reveals ANDREW PIERCE

Angela Rayner may have resigned in disgrace from the Cabinet - but her spirit is stalking this conference.

Economics

4 d. ago Starmer denies putting ‘donkey field’ in trust to avoid inheritance tax

The prime minister has denied any wrongdoing

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5 d. ago Housing secretary says work will start on three new towns before election

Steve Reed hails predecessor Angela Rayner as ‘true working-class hero’ and accuses Tories of blocking new homesSteve Reed, the new housing secretary, has said he is “appalled” at the slow pace of housebuilding as he used his conference speech to pledge that work would start on three new towns before the next election.The government wants to build at least 12 new towns and has identified three of the most promising locations at Tempsford, a village in Bedfordshire, Crews Hill on the outskirts of north London, and South Bank in a suburb of Leeds. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Er, didn't she have to quit for not paying tax? Labour activists give standing ovation for 'working class hero' Angela Rayner at conference

The former deputy prime minister was afforded a standing ovation by Labour members at the party's gathering in Liverpool this afternoon.

Economics

6 d. ago Anas Sarwar urged to ‘come clean’ after Labour MSP Foysol Choudhury suspended

Mr Choudhury, who was elected to Holyrood in 2021, has been suspended pending the outcome of an investigation.

Events

1 week ago Members of Israeli government have ‘genocidal intent’, says UK minister

Dr Zubir Ahmed went further than the UK Government’s position.

Politics

2 w. ago Phillipson bids to revive flagging Labour deputy campaign with call to scrap ‘spiteful’ two child benefit cap

Keir Starmer’s preferred candidate is behind rival Lucy Powell among members, who will decide the contest to replace Angela Rayner, poll suggests

Politics

2 w. ago Who should be Labour’s deputy leader? Whoever can tell a good Labour story – and take the fight to Reform | Polly Toynbee

The political differences between Bridget Phillipson and Lucy Powell are slight. What the party needs is someone able to unite and persuadeYou might think the last thing Labour needs now is this deputy leadership contest, the unavoidable fallout from Angela Rayner’s sad plunge from grace. But these two combatants, Bridget Phillipson and Lucy Powell, may ignite exactly the rethinking Labour needs. Like it or not, whoever the contestants were, this would be framed as establishment v insurgent, or as proxies for Keir Starmer and Andy Burnham. It’s for Phillipson and Powell to strike out and show they are their own people. In truth, Phillipson is not very establishment and Powell not very insurgent.Any party would be in a state of ferment after falling further than any previous government in its it first 14 months, with inflation stubbornly high and growth flatlining. It reels from the shock of scoring 20% in opinion polls while Nigel Farage’s Reform UK rides high on 31%.Polly Toynbee i...

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2 w. ago Keir's worst nightmare as Angela Rayner's allies 'plot comeback with Labour leadership rival Andy Burnham' while Cabinet minister vows to support Manchester mayor 'whatever he does'

The Prime Minister has been in a tailspin since Ms Rayner quit as his deputy nearly a fortnight ago, admitting she had underpaid stamp duty on the purchase of a new flat.

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2 w. ago ANDREW PIERCE: Lucy Powell is favourite to be Starmer's deputy... a woman known as the Egg Breaker who says she's more alpha male than most men

At a swish drinks party hosted by Ed Miliband in his imposing north London townhouse recently, the main topic of conversation was who would succeed Angela Rayner as Labour's deputy leader.

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2 w. ago More revelations will follow leak which led PM’s aide to resign, author says

‘A lot more revelations’ about senior figures at the heart of Sir Keir’s Government will come to light in a new book, author Paul Holden said.

Culture

2 w. ago Attempts to ‘undermine’ strengthening of workers’ rights rejected by MPs

Concerns over a weakening of the legislation had been raised by unions following Angela Rayner’s departure as deputy prime minister.

Politics