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Politics
Nina Lloyd

Healey says Rayner ‘not a victim’ amid Labour reshuffle discontent

Angela Rayner quit the Government on Friday (PA) - (PA Wire)

Angela Rayner is “not a victim” and “any government is stronger” with her, a Cabinet minister has said after a reshuffle following her resignation saw tensions flare within Labour.

Defence Secretary John Healey defended Sir Keir Starmer’s “clear, swift, fair action” following his former deputy’s admission that she mistakenly underpaid stamp duty on a seaside flat she bought earlier this year.

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