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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Peter Walker Senior political correspondent

Keir Starmer says ‘hugely talented’ Angela Rayner will return to cabinet

Angela Rayner and Keir Starmer
Angela Rayner and Keir Starmer at an election campaign event in Gillingham in May 2024. Photograph: Toby Melville/Reuters

Keir Starmer has predicted that Angela Rayner will return to the cabinet, calling his former deputy, who resigned in September after underpaying stamp duty on a property purchase, “hugely talented”.

In an interview with the Observer, the prime minister described Rayner, who left school aged 16 without any qualifications, as “the best social mobility story this country has ever seen”.

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