The Latest Breaking News from Angela Rayner

Six Labour figures are standing to succeed Angela Rayner, who quit last week.

The Education Secretary and candidate for Labour’s deputy leadership was addressing the TUC conference.

Rain Newton-Smith tells chancellor ‘the time for tinkering is over’ and revisit promise not to raise taxes on working people

Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson is the most senior figure going for the vacant role.

Keir Starmer is more unpopular than most Western leaders, including Donald Trump and Giorgia Meloni, as a new poll shows the prime minister’s approval rating hitting a record low

COMMENT: When the Reform UK leader is questioned about who actually owns the £900,000 Clacton property where he lives and how much stamp duty was paid on it – especially in light of Angela Rayner’s resignation over a tax irregularity – Farage becomes uncharacteristically irritable. Why might that be, asks…

Lucy Powell, who was sacked by Sir Keir Starmer as leader of the Commons last week, on Tuesday became the fourth MP to announce their candidacy.

Suspicions rife about the workers’ rights bill being watered down after Angela Rayner’s resignation

The short deputy leader contest has led some to accuse the party leadership of orchestrating a ‘stitch-up’, while candidate Bell Ribeiro-Addy described it as ‘unfair’

The Prime Minister also told his top team that economic growth is the Government’s top priority as it seeks to take on Nigel Farage’s party.

KEIR Starmer has told his newly reshuffled Cabinet they a Government of "patriots" this morning.