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Candidates vye for MPs’ backing in Labour deputy leadership race

Lucy Powell, who was sacked by Sir Keir Starmer as leader of the Commons last week, on Tuesday became the fourth MP to announce their candidacy.

Evening Standard

Risk of Labour war over deputy leader race as first poll reveals frontrunner

The short deputy leader contest has led some to accuse the party leadership of orchestrating a ‘stitch-up’, while candidate Bell Ribeiro-Addy described it as ‘unfair’

Evening Standard

Thornberry and Phillipson join contest for Labour deputy leadership

Backbench MP Bell Ribeiro-Addy, meanwhile, appears set to be the main candidate from the left of the party.

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Ex-minister reveals the pensions changes most likely at Budget

Higher earners could be targeted at the chancellor’s second fiscal event

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Education secretary announces bid to replace Angela Rayner and ‘unite our great party’

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UK politics: Phillipson gets Labour members’ poll boost in deputy leadership race as sixth MP says she will run – as it happened

Education secretary up against Emily Thornberry, Bell Ribeiro-Addy, Lucy Powell, Alison McGovern and Paula Barker

The Guardian - UK

Bridget Phillipson emerges as frontrunner for Labour’s deputy leader as six candidates join race

Comes amid allegations that the contest has been designed to prevent opponents of Keir Starmer getting on the ballot as hopeful seek nominations from 80 colleagues

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'We're haemorrhaging votes': London MP Bell Ribeiro-Addy launches bid for deputy Labour leader with blast at Starmer

‘All we seem to do at the moment is chase down Reform and we cannot do that’ - Bell Ribeiro-Addy

Evening Standard

Phillipson announces bid for Labour deputy leadership

The Education Secretary is the second MP to put themselves forward for the post after Angela Rayner’s resignation.

Evening Standard

Ofsted to press ahead with new inspection regime despite opposition

Unions and headteachers say ‘Nando’s-style’ scorecard is worse than schools watchdog’s current regime

The Guardian - UK

Several senior female Labour MPs drop out of party deputy leader contention

Compressed timetable and worries about potentially toxic atmosphere narrows field to replace Angela Rayner

The Guardian - UK

Who is in the running to be the next Labour deputy leader?

Candidates will need at least 80 nominations to stand chance of succeeding Angela Rayner in role

The Guardian - UK

Equalities watchdog submits formal guidance after UK supreme court transgender ruling

Bridget Phillipson faces choice over document from EHRC, whose chair says it remains ‘difficult’ to shape policies

The Guardian - UK

PM and Cabinet rally round Rayner amid property tax row

The Prime Minister and Chancellor Rachel Reeves gave the Deputy Prime Minister their ‘full confidence’.

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The Independent UK

Voices: Have Labour’s big guns started to turn on Angela Rayner?

COMMENT: By offering only lukewarm and limited support to the deputy prime minister, cabinet colleagues could be accused of giving her a little nudge along the gangplank towards the drop, says John Rentoul

The Guardian - UK

Rachel Reeves declares confidence in Angela Rayner after stamp duty ‘error’

Chancellor defends deputy prime minister as more details emerge about timeline of legal advice

The Independent UK

Rayner lawyers ‘made scapegoats’ and ‘did not give her tax advice’ on flat at centre of row: UK politics live

Angela Rayner said she was given inaccurate legal advice that led her to underpay tax when buying a flat in Hove in May

The Guardian - UK

Ministers urged to digitise adoption records to help reunite families

As ITV’s Long Lost Family airs, campaigners say retaining archives is crucial for those separated by forced adoptions at unmarried mothers’ homes

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Ministers defend Rayner in tax row as fresh property purchase details emerge

Sources close to the Deputy Prime Minister said she was given three separate pieces of legal advice before buying an £800,000 property in Hove.

The Guardian - UK

Starmer declines to say if he will sack Rayner if she is found to have broken ministerial code – as it happened

Keir Starmer has said that he expects to get the report from his ethics adviser on Angela Rayner quickly

The Independent UK

Starmer ‘determined’ to save Angela Rayner amid tax dodge probe

Prime minister reportedly fears he will hand a ‘scalp’ to critics by sacking his deputy

Evening Standard

Up to 7,000 more school nursery places to be rolled out from September 2026

The Department for Education has announced £45 million in funding will create 300 further new or expanded school-based nurseries.

The Guardian - UK

Parents and children who struggle at school need to be supported, not shamed

Letters: Katherine Green says it’s not a question of ‘doing more’, while Kimberly Hind shares her battle for her deafblind son. Plus letters from Marjorie Wallace and Prof John Gallacher

The Guardian - UK

‘No place in children’s hands’: under-16s in England to be banned from buying energy drinks

Government to ban sale of energy drinks with more than 150mg of caffeine, citing concerns over obesity and lack of concentration

International Business Times UK

Phillipson 'Ashamed' of UK Child Poverty: Faith Leaders Urge Labour to Act or Risk Education Collapse

Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson admits shame over 4.5M children in poverty. Faith leaders demand scrapping two-child cap

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