What is Angela Rayner up to?
As Starmer’s authority withers, Rayner has made a series of choice interventions
ByAngela Rayner
Angela Rayner has been the Labour MP for Ashton-under-Lyne since 2015. Until September 2025, she was the deputy prime minister, secretary of state for housing, communities and local government, and deputy leader of the Labour Party. Rayner, born in 1980, formerly worked as a care worker, has been a trade union representative with Unison and was appointed as party chair and national campaign coordinator for the 2021 local elections.
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MPs revolt as Labour ditches more Rayner reforms
They fear that a new funding formula will hurt deprived northern areas
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Why Labour MPs still want the Greater Manchester mayor to return
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But would she even want to be leader?
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What’s next for Angela Rayner?
The former deputy PM has shown how she could become Labour’s queen over the water
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Angela Rayner shows she’s still one of Labour’s big beasts
All eyes were on the former Deputy Prime Minister as she gave her resignation speech
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Keir Starmer: the Downing Street terminator
Your weekly dose of gossip from around Westminster
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Why is Labour so cheery?
Every faction believes that it could own the future
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Armando Iannucci’s Strong Message Here can teach the government a lesson
With Labour reeling from Angela Rayner’s resignation and the rise of Reform, it’s going to need all the comms help…
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Nobody can replace Angela Rayner
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Who is Labour’s new Queen of the North?
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Lee Anderson stands up for England
His politics – and his gestures at comedy – are driven by the same dangerous nostalgia.
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