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The Latest Breaking News from Angela Rayner

Rayner’s return gives a lift to Labour’s gloomy backbenchers

Former deputy PM’s resignation statement offered a moment to reflect on what the party had lost – and might have again

The Guardian - UK

Rayner vows to pay any taxes owed over home purchase in resignation statement

The former deputy prime minister says she is taking responsibility for a ‘mistake’ she made over unpaid stamp duty.

Evening Standard

Angela Rayner says resignation was ‘incredibly tough’ on her family as she breaks silence

The former deputy prime minister says she is taking responsibility for ‘an honestly made mistake’ over unpaid stamp duty

The Independent UK

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Lucy Powell urged ministers to rethink legal action against Labour donor’s firm

Exclusive: Intervention by deputy leadership contender could have saved company based in her Manchester constituency millions

The Guardian - UK

Labour deputy leadership contest may only cause more trouble for Starmer

Victory for Lucy Powell or Bridget Phillipson, the rivals at the centre of the race, could be reckoning for the party

The Guardian - UK

Labour deputy leader rivals begin their final week of campaigning

The deputy leadership contest was triggered after Angela Rayner stood down over a row over her tax affairs.

Evening Standard

Lucy Powell hits out at anonymous briefing in Labour deputy leadership race

Her opponent Bridget Phillipson said she had also been subjected to ‘vicious’ briefing.

Evening Standard

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A leaked memo, a Maga-style hat and a trail of broken pledges – it’s Labour’s great housing betrayal

Ignore the bombast: Steve ‘build, baby, build’ Reed’s boast looks likely to end in targets more pathetic than they are now, says Guardian columnist Aditya Chakrabortty

The Guardian - UK

Angela Rayner’s £17,000 severance pay after tax row ‘outrageous,’ Tories say

The former deputy PM quit the Government last month after breaching the ministerial code over a property purchase.

The Independent UK

Angela Rayner pockets £17,000 'golden goodbye' after quitting over stamp duty scandal

Angela Rayner automatically received a severance payment after she was forced to quit as a government minister, her spokesperson has said

Evening Standard

China mega embassy decision ‘set to be delayed again’ amid spy case row

Sir Keir Starmer’s government has faced backlash following the collapse of a trial for alleged Chinese spies

The Independent UK

No way back to government role for Mandelson after Epstein scandal, Starmer says

Labour peer was sacked last month as ambassador to Washington over his links to Jeffrey Epstein

The Independent UK

Stamp duty, tractor tax and doctors’ strikes: Key takeaways from Badenoch’s Tory conference speech

The Independent looks at the key policies announced in Kemi Badenoch’s conference speech

The Independent UK

Phillipson accuses Powell of ‘energising our opponents’ as voting begins

Ballots opened on Wednesday for members and affiliates in the Labour deputy leadership race.

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Evening Standard

Labour ‘can’t sugarcoat fact things aren’t going well’, Lucy Powell says

The deputy leadership contender said the party needs to start telling ‘a stronger story’.

The Independent UK

Labour ‘can’t sugarcoat fact things aren’t going well’, deputy leadership candidate says

The deputy leadership contender said the party needs to start telling ‘a stronger story’

The National (Scotland)

Scots warned they'll 'see a lot more' of Keir Starmer ahead of Holyrood election

ARE Labour trying to throw the Holyrood election next year?

Evening Standard

Neil Kinnock backs Lucy Powell in Labour deputy leadership race

The result of the contest to replace Angela Rayner will be announced on October 25.

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The Independent UK

Rayner under fire for boyfriend’s use of taxpayer-funded bodyguards to move boxes between houses

Angela Rayner’s security detail was photographed helping her boyfriend move boxes between their homes in Brighton and Hove

Evening Standard

Angela Rayner under fire as boyfriend ferried around by taxpayer-funded bodyguards in £80,000 BMW

Calls for investigation after two close-protection officers said to cost tax payers thousands of pounds a day helped Sam Tarry move bags and boxes

The Guardian - UK

Starmer on horns of dilemma over China’s seven-year mega-embassy saga

Decision time is coming after Labour called in the planning application for a new building in east London

The Independent UK

Forget Andy Burnham – these are the five people who could actually be the next prime minister

NEWS ANALYSIS: Political editor David Maddox looks at the five contenders who have emerged this week at the Labour Party conference in Liverpool as potential leadership candidates

Evening Standard

Keir Starmer drops Angela Rayner 'return' hint only weeks after she quit over tax row

The Prime Minister hailed his former deputy and housing secretary as a ‘great story for social mobility’, adding that she will be a ‘major voice’ in British politics for years to come

The Independent UK

Seven things from the Labour Party conference you may have missed

After an action-packed Labour conference, The Independent runs through things you may have missed

The Independent UK

Bridget Phillipson says scrapping two-child benefit cap is ‘definitely on the table’

The education secretary argued there is ‘absolutely’ more to do when it comes to tackling child poverty, adding that she will ‘make it happen’

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