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The Latest Breaking News from Angela Rayner

Photographer ‘trying to strike balance’ of job, says Rayner

The Deputy Prime Minister was speaking about her experiences of the first few months in office.

The Independent UK

Labour’s ‘planning laws reform’ is really an attack on local democracy

People should have a say in their surroundings. But in its bid to build 1.5m homes, the government has left them powerless, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

The Guardian - UK

Angela Rayner denies her housebuilding plan will undermine local democracy: ‘I don’t like failure’

Angela Rayner warned ‘I don’t like failure’ as she plans to tear up the powers of councils to block developments and pushes for 1.5 million new homes to be built

The Independent UK

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Rayner ‘knows people impatient for change’ amid fall in support for Labour

The Deputy Prime Minister pointed to ‘significant challenges’ faced by the Government since the election.

Evening Standard

Prioritise people’s needs ‘over newts’ in housing policy, says Angela Rayner

Housing secretary says wildlife should be protected but not at the expense of building the homes the country needs

The Guardian - UK

Keir Starmer welcomes collapse of Bashar al-Assad’s ‘barbaric regime’

UK prime minister calls for civilians in Syria to be protected after rebel forces take control of Damascus

The Guardian - UK

‘I hate failure’: Angela Rayner remains defiant over Labour’s new homes target

Angela Rayner insisted “I hate failure” as she remained defiant over Labour’s new homes target.

The Independent UK

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Rayner: Labour’s planning overhaul won’t see removal of local democratic power

The Deputy Prime Minister and Housing Secretary wants to speed up planning applications, with some potentially avoiding scrutiny by local councillors.

Evening Standard

UK would welcome fall of Assad regime – Angela Rayner

She said ‘dictatorship and terrorism creates problems for the people of Syria’, as she called for a political solution.

The Independent UK

Angela Rayner to announce ‘sweeping planning overhaul’ to fast-track new homes

The Deputy Prime Minister wants to see some planning applications bypass committees.

Evening Standard

National insurance hike could penalise young vulnerable people as homelessness services face major cuts

Exclusive: The CEO of EveryYouth, a network of 12 youth homelessness charities, has written to Angela Rayner to warn they will lose £1.73million due to employer national insurance increases

The Independent UK

Call for greener planning rules after M&S London redevelopment given go-ahead

Campaigners want rethink of national policy because of ‘wasteful knock-it-down-and-start-again approach’

The Guardian - UK

What is happening with M&S on Oxford Street and why was the decision delayed?

Marble Arch development to be pulled down after 94 years

Evening Standard

Marks & Spencer given permission to demolish flagship Oxford Street store

Angela Rayner has given M&S the green light after Michael Gove refused the application last year

The Independent UK

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Evening Standard

M&S Oxford Street refurbishment gets approval as boss blasts three-year delay

Housing Secretary Angela Rayner ruled on Thursday that the plans can go ahead, ending a three-year planning battle over the building.

Evening Standard

M&S boss slams three-year delay on Oxford Street demolition decision

The four year planning row has become a test case in the argument about whether ageing buildings should be bulldozed or retrofitted

Evening Standard

Marks & Spencer's Oxford Street store demolition plan - timeline of four-year saga

The flagship M&S store has become a test case in the debate over whether to demolish or retrofit old buildings

Evening Standard

Ministers unveil 2029 cladding deadline amid pleas to prevent ‘another Grenfell’

The Government announced the the Remediation Acceleration Plan whilst acknowledging work has been too slow.

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Dagenham fire: Demolition works begin after block of flats destroyed by 'nightmare' blaze in east London

Residents spoke about how one fire gate had been ‘padlocked shut’ following the huge blaze

Evening Standard

Labour’s 1.5 million new homes pledge ‘in tatters’, says Tory shadow minister

Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner restated her Government’s target at the House of Commons despatch box on Monday.

The Guardian - UK

Nigel Farage claims Trump team ‘appalled’ by Chagos Islands deal – as it happened

Reform UK leader and Donald Trump ally says agreement likely to collapse as deal with China over Hong Kong did

The Independent UK

Landlords ‘face jail’ if they fail to act on cladding by new 2029 deadline

Owners of buildings over 36ft (11m) tall will either have to have remediated cladding issues by the end of 2029 or have a completion date in place.

The Guardian - UK

Cladding will be fixed on high-rise buildings in England by 2029, says Angela Rayner

Deputy prime minister announced acceleration plan and criticised pace of works seven years after Grenfell fire

Evening Standard

Developers who fail to comply with new dangerous cladding deadline could face jail

Dangerous Grenfell-style cladding to be fixed on all high-rises within the next five years, building safety minister Alex Norris pledged

The Guardian - UK

Council funding to be redirected from England’s rich areas to most deprived

Ministers will also consider local authority requests to raise council tax above threshold on case-by-case basis

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