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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

Ian Murray ‘hugely disappointed’ to be out of UK Government

A reshuffle after Angela Rayner’s resignation saw him removed as Scottish Secretary – the post he has held since July last year.

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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Ian Murray releases statement after being sacked as Scottish Secretary

IAN Murray has released a statement after he was sacked as Scottish secretary ...

The National (Scotland)

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

‘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

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

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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…

The National (Scotland)

Reform UK could strip FCA of power to regulate banking if elected

Nigel Farage reportedly plans to overhaul rules governing City of London that were introduced after 2008 financial crash

The Guardian - UK

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.

Evening Standard

Farage tells members to expect election in next two years as Rayner quits

Reform UK’s leader has told his party’s conference in Birmingham that progress made in the last year is only the beginning.

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.

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,…

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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

The Guardian - UK

Angela Rayner’s departure is an old-fashioned scalp for the rightwing press

Frustration among deputy PM’s allies that after surviving waves of stories, tax row gave her opponents an open goal

Evening Standard

Watch: Moment passengers scream in terror after bus crashes outside Victoria station as peer among 17 injured

Former Lib Dem MP David Alton taken to hospital amid claims the ‘out of control’ No24’s brakes may have failed

The Independent UK

Voices: Welcome, Nadine, to the Reform UK care home for deadbeat defectors

COMMENT: The recruitment of former Tory minister Nadine Dorries is being hailed as a coup for Nigel Farage. Really? Sean O’Grady argues that her slavish devotion to Boris Johnson and her track record in government suggest she’ll soon become a liability

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Evening Standard

Reform UK: All the politicians who have defected as more Tories announce move

Here is a list of politicians who have recently defected to Reform UK

The Guardian - UK

Brexit didn’t solve Britain’s woes, but no matter: leaving the ECHR definitely will. Sounds simple, doesn’t it?

As Reform gathers for its conference, momentum builds for ditching the European convention on human rights. It would be a disaster, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

Evening Standard

Capitol Hill appearance ‘gave me no joy’, Nigel Farage says

The Clacton MP described a back-and-forth he had with Democrat representative Jamie Raskin during the hearing as ‘political games’.

The Guardian - UK

‘They’re toxic but popular’: businesses wary as they head to Reform’s party conference

Nigel Farage will be wooing corporate guests at the NEC in Birmingham as his party aims to build on recent successes

International Business Times

Farage Grabs Momentum, Convenes Hard-right Reform UK Party

Nigel Farage's anti-immigration party Reform UK kicks off Britain's annual party conference season Friday, with the Brexit cheerleader and his buoyant supporters increasingly confident he could be Britain's next leader.

Evening Standard

Nadine Dorries defects to Reform UK on eve of party conference

In an interview with the Daily Mail, the ex-Conservative culture secretary said ‘the Tory Party is dead’.

The National (Scotland)

Former Tory minister Nadine Dorries defects to Reform UK

FORMER Tory culture secretary Nadine Dorries has defected to Reform UK ...

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