The Latest Breaking News from No 10

Lammy made deputy PM and Cooper foreign secretary after Rayner’s exit

Shabana Mahmood to take over at Home Office as Angela Rayner’s departure hastens sweeping reshuffle

The Guardian - UK · Sep 5, 2025

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’.

Evening Standard · Sep 4, 2025

Can Keir Starmer afford to sack Angela Rayner over her stamp duty error?

Prime minister has a track record of firing errant ministers – but will her power within the party protect his beleaguered deputy?

The Guardian - UK · Sep 3, 2025

No 10 insists Reeves’s authority not dented by reshuffle after market jitters

Downing Street underscored ministers’ continuing commitment to fiscal rules as government borrowing costs surge

The Independent UK · Sep 2, 2025

Reeves’ authority not dented by reshuffle, No 10 says in bid to calm markets

Downing Street underscored ministers’ continuing commitment to fiscal rules as government borrowing costs surge.

Evening Standard · Sep 2, 2025

Asylum seekers could be housed in ‘modular buildings on industrial sites’ when hotels close, No 10 says – as it happened

Government spokesperson confirms migrants could be housed on industrial sites

The Guardian - UK · Sep 2, 2025

Starmer seeks to wrest back policy control from Treasury in No 10 shake-up

Prime minister brings in chancellor’s deputy and former Bank of England chief to newly created senior roles

The Guardian - UK · Sep 1, 2025

Angela Rayner barred by court order from revealing tax details, says No 10

Deputy PM, under scrutiny over flat purchase, ‘restricted from providing further information’, says Downing Street

The Guardian - UK · Sep 1, 2025

Ministers committed to ECHR, No 10 says, ahead of border reforms announcement

Home Secretary Yvette Cooper will unveil reforms to the border security and asylum system on Monday.

Evening Standard · Sep 1, 2025

Keir Starmer shakes up No 10 operation with mini-reshuffle

Exclusive: Darren Jones appointed to new senior role in charge of day-to-day delivery of PM’s priorities

The Guardian - UK · Sep 1, 2025