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David Lammy named UK deputy prime minister amid Labour Party turmoil

Lammy appointment follows resignation of left-wing champion Angela Rayner, who stepped down over a tax scandal.

Al Jazeera

In Pictures: The rise and fall of Angela Rayner

The Deputy Prime Minister has resigned over her tax affairs, having at one stage been touted as a possible leader of the Labour Party.

Evening Standard

Voices: As Angela Rayner falls on her sword, Keir Starmer will also take a hit

COMMENT: The prime minister is not just losing someone he has learned to value, says John Rentoul – his holier-than-thou pitch has been destroyed and the deputy leadership election will tip Labour into a civil war

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Rayner’s exit is a bombshell. But the real crisis for Starmer may have only just begun

From the outset her role has been crucial, and her fall will exacerbate all the doubts about the PM and his ability to keep Labour in power, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland

The Guardian - UK

Nigel Farage: 'Reform UK will take winning London and ousting Sadiq Khan seriously'

Reform leader encourages members to volunteer as councillor candidates ahead of the local elections in May next year

Evening Standard

Poppy Gustafsson ‘set to resign’ as investment minister

The former chief executive of cyber security firm Darktrace was appointed to the role in government in October last year.

Evening Standard

Starmer cabinet reshuffle: Who is in and who is out as PM overhauls his top team

Prime minister has launched a major reshuffle after Angela Rayner’s resignation

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Angela Rayner resigns over stamp duty row

Rayner’s departure is deeply damaging to prime minister who had initially stood by her

The Guardian - UK

What will Angela Rayner’s resignation mean for Keir Starmer’s government? Expert Q&A

Angela Rayner has resigned as the UK’s deputy prime minister after a report found she had breached the ministerial code by not paying enough stamp duty on her second home.

The Conversation

Angela Rayner has ‘let us all down’, say Ashton-under-Lyne voters

Many voters in the Labour stronghold say they’ll switch to Reform UK at the next election

The Independent UK

‘She’s let us all down’ – voters react in Rayner constituency

The MP left Government after Sir Keir Starmer’s ethics adviser found she had breached the ministerial code over her underpayment of stamp duty.

Evening Standard

What guarantees has Macron’s ‘coalition of the willing’ promised Ukraine?

Macron announces a ‘reassurance force’ as 26 European countries pledge to place troops in Ukraine after the war ends.

Al Jazeera

Nigel Farage says ‘there’s every chance of general election in 2027’

Reform UK leader says party needs to be ready for early election and vows to ‘stop the boats’ within two weeks if elected

The Guardian - UK

Keir Starmer's Cabinet reshuffle – see all the changes in the Labour Government

KEIR Starmer is reshuffling his Cabinet after the resignation of Angela Rayner.

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Anas Sarwar responds to Angela Rayner's resignation from Labour Government

ANGELA Rayner was “right” to resign as deputy prime minister and deputy leader of the Labour Party following a row about her tax affairs, Anas…

Evening Standard

List of Government departures since Labour won general election

There have been more government departures in the first 14 months of Sir Keir Starmer’s premiership than in those of his immediate predecessors.

The National (Scotland)

Ian Murray sacked as Scottish Secretary in Keir Starmer reshuffle

IAN Murray has left Government as Keir Starmer reshuffles his Cabinet following Angela Rayner's resignation, it is understood.

The Independent UK

Labour deputy leader election explained as Angela Rayner quits government

The senior Labour figure resigned after the government’s independent ethics adviser concluded she breached the ministerial code

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Evening Standard

How Labour will elect a new deputy leader now Angela Rayner has quit

The party now finds itself with the prospect of having to elect a new deputy, a contest which could see Labour’s factional divides aired publicly.

The Independent UK

Rayner’s resignation shows this government is worse than the last, Farage declares in Reform conference speech

Angela Rayner sensationally quit as deputy prime minister and housing secretary just one hour before Nigel Farage took to the stage in Birmingham

Evening Standard

Angela Rayner: Key events leading up to Deputy PM’s resignation over tax affairs

Ms Rayner has faced mounting pressure to stand down.

Evening Standard

Angela Rayner: The ‘teenage mum from a council estate’ who became deputy PM

Former housing secretary once described herself as ‘John Prescott in a skirt’.

Evening Standard

OPINION - Angela Rayner had to go — and has no one to blame but herself

So, it’s farewell to Angela Rayner, at once the most interesting, the most flammable and the most catastrophically embarrassing member of the Labour front bench. For better and worse, she was a lightning conductor for Sir Keir Starmer. As his Deputy, she did what deputies aren’t supposed to do, namely,…

The Guardian - UK

Angela Rayner, plain-speaking scourge of the Tories, made herself vulnerable

Northerner whose emotional openness was an electoral asset eventually had to follow advice she had given to Tory rivals and quit

Euronews

Angela Rayner resigns as UK deputy prime minister over stamp duty underpayment

In the UK, levies are charged on property purchases, with higher charges due on more expensive homes and second homes.

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