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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Athena Stavrou

Angela Rayner was 'ready to launch coup' against Keir Starmer over reshuffle spat

Angela Rayner was ready to launch a coup against Sir Keir Starmer in 2021 after she was sacked as party chair in a reshuffle, a new book has claimed.

The deputy prime minister was stripped from her role as chair and campaign coordinator after the party suffered a loss in the Hartlepool by-election of May 2021.

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