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The Latest Breaking News from Angela Rayner

Tories say Starmer has a ‘disconnect from reality’ over housing asylum seekers – as it happened

Newly appointed shadow housing secretary James Cleverly says there is no excuse for recent riots but government is making a difficult situation worse

The Guardian - UK

Keir Starmer fears repeat of summer riots after violent clashes outside Epping asylum hotel

The Labour leader said it was vital Britain’s ‘social fabric’ was healed amid a series of protests outside taxpayer-funded hotels housing asylum seekers

Evening Standard

Local authorities should be given greater powers over ‘unfair’ council tax, MPs warn

Council tax bill rises hit 5 per cent in April for the third year in a row, as almost all councils increased bills up to, or close to, the maximum permitted

The Independent UK

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MPs call for local authorities to be handed control of council tax

A select committee report said the link between tax and the quality of services is broken and risks undermining democracy.

Evening Standard

Badenoch and Cleverly attack Labour housing record after Tory reshuffle

The shadow housing secretary promised that ‘under Kemi’s leadership, I am ready to lead the fight’ over new homes in the capital.

Evening Standard

Badenoch vows ‘mission of renewal’ as Cleverly returns in Tory reshuffle

The former foreign secretary will shadow Angela Rayner in the housing, communities and local government brief.

Evening Standard

Immigration and deprivation causing UK public to lose faith in politicians, says Rayner

Deputy PM says government must show it is helping people amid concerns about potential for more riots in England

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Address immigration concerns or face more riots, Rayner tells Starmer

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The Independent UK

Rayner warns Starmer UK faces another summer of riots if Labour fails to deliver

The deputy prime minister makes a dramatic intervention over the need for the Labour government to ‘show it can address people’s concerns’

The Independent UK

Voices: With her Tory reshuffle, what is Kemi Badenoch really up to?

COMMENT: To prop up her team, the Conservatives’ vulnerable leader had little choice but to ‘hug’ one of her previous rivals close – and she was right to keep Robert Jenrick at arm’s length, argues John Rentoul

The Independent UK

Angela Rayner battles Rachel Reeves over England tourist tax

The deputy prime minister is reportedly pushing for increased council powers

The Independent UK

Rayner: Time spent online and immigration having ‘profound impact’ on society

Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner told Cabinet colleagues immigration and increasing time spent online are having a ‘profound impact on society’.

Evening Standard

Cleverly set to return to Tory front bench as shadow housing secretary

Sir James served in the foreign office and as home secretary when the Conservatives were in power.

Evening Standard

No plans for England tourism tax, No 10 insists, after claims Rayner backed one

The Deputy Prime Minister has reportedly been pushing for councils to be allowed to introduce a tax on tourism in their areas.

Evening Standard

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Keir Starmer urged to intervene in Birmingham bin strike

The leader of the Fire Brigades Union says the Government cannot ‘stand by’ any longer.

The Independent UK

Inside the battle to save award-winning building now crumbling from neglect

Residents of a social housing estate in Pimlico say Labour-run Westminster Council treats them like the ‘enemy’

The Independent UK

Andy Burnham calls on Starmer to tackle ‘explosion of homelessness’

A damning report warned of an ‘explosion of homelessness’ since Covid

The Independent UK

Voices: I’m against votes at 16, but this is how I could be persuaded

COMMENT: There are good reasons for reducing the voting age – why doesn’t Labour use them, asks John Rentoul

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The Independent UK

Ministers ‘have their fingers in their ears’ over bin strikes, says Sharon Graham

Unite wants Labour to back workers during industrial action in Birmingham

The Guardian - UK

NHS to Send: four key areas Labour wants to improve before next election

Health service, welfare and special educational needs provision are all priorities but party is in race against time

The Conversation

How to understand the row between Angela Rayner and Unite – and what it means for Labour’s relationship with the unions

At its recent conference in Brighton, the union Unite voted overwhelmingly to expel deputy prime minister Angela Rayner from membership.

Evening Standard

Minister slaps down Diane Abbott's claim that Labour chiefs want her out after sparking new racism row

The Hackney North and Stoke Newington MP has said: ‘It is obvious this Labour leadership wants me out’

Al Jazeera

UK to lower voting age to 16 in major electoral reform

The move, following through on a campaign pledge, will give the UK one of the lowest national voting ages in the world.

International Business Times UK

UK Voting Age Lowered To 16: Here's Why And How It Will Affect Future Elections

The UK government is set to lower the voting age to 16 and introduce sweeping reforms to restore trust in democracy, from modernising voter ID rules to clamping down on foreign donations.

Euronews

UK to lower voting age to 16 in England and Northern Ireland in landmark electoral reform

If passed, the proposed changes would bring the voting age to 16 across the whole of the UK and in line with Scotland and Wales, where 16-year-olds can already vote.

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