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The Latest Breaking News from Angela Rayner

Thornberry and Phillipson join contest for Labour deputy leadership

Backbench MP Bell Ribeiro-Addy, meanwhile, appears set to be the main candidate from the left of the party.

Evening Standard

Education secretary announces bid to replace Angela Rayner and ‘unite our great party’

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The Independent UK

Bridget Phillipson emerges as frontrunner for Labour’s deputy leader as six candidates join race

Comes amid allegations that the contest has been designed to prevent opponents of Keir Starmer getting on the ballot as hopeful seek nominations from 80 colleagues

The Independent UK

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'We're haemorrhaging votes': London MP Bell Ribeiro-Addy launches bid for deputy Labour leader with blast at Starmer

‘All we seem to do at the moment is chase down Reform and we cannot do that’ - Bell Ribeiro-Addy

Evening Standard

Phillipson announces bid for Labour deputy leadership

The Education Secretary is the second MP to put themselves forward for the post after Angela Rayner’s resignation.

Evening Standard

Starmer to gather new-look Cabinet as deputy leader race gets under way

The Prime Minister completed a major Government reshuffle triggered by Angela Rayner’s resignation.

Evening Standard

This is no time to overload business with new employment regulations

THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: Unions have warned the government not to water down its workers' rights bill following Angela Rayner’s departure. But substantial hikes in the minimum wage and employers’ national insurance contributions, coupled with anaemic growth, could imperil all that this Labour government seeks to achieve

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Starmer addresses Labour MPs ahead of race to replace Rayner as deputy

MPs hoping to replace Ms Rayner as the party’s deputy leader have until Thursday to secure the support of colleagues at Westminster.

Evening Standard

Several senior female Labour MPs drop out of party deputy leader contention

Compressed timetable and worries about potentially toxic atmosphere narrows field to replace Angela Rayner

The Guardian - UK

Labour must do more to tackle populist right as party’s support leaks to Reform, say unions

TUC general secretary Paul Nowak urged government to show working people ‘whose side you are on’

The Guardian - UK

Louise Haigh Backed to Replace Angela Rayner as Deputy PM — But What About Her Fraud Conviction?

Louise Haigh, Sheffield Heeley MP, is emerging as a frontrunner to replace Angela Rayner as Deputy Prime Minister. But her past fraud conviction has resurfaced, raising questions about her candidacy even as Labour figures, including Andy Burnham, rally behind her.

International Business Times UK

The Guardian view on Labour’s deputy leadership race: a party that seems afraid of its members

Editorial: Downing St may want to avoid scrutiny of its performance but debate is needed, not control-freak choreography

The Guardian - UK

Ed Miliband defied Starmer bid to strip him of energy secretary brief

ITV political editor Robert Peston says Sir Keir Starmer wanted Ed Miliband to succeed Angela Rayner as housing minister - but he refused

The Independent UK

Voices: ‘Reshuffles are farcical’: Readers question scale of changes to Starmer’s cabinet

YOUR VIEWS: Our community was largely unimpressed with the PM’s reshuffle, arguing that the changes did not leave the government better positioned to challenge Farage. Others felts that the departure of Angela Rayner left the cabinet – and politics – worse off

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The Guardian - UK

Crisis? What crisis? Starmer has a delivery plan – so chill out

The prime minister’s new chief secretary has been out and about trying to calm the storm after Angela Rayner’s exit

The Independent UK

Union leaders issue warning after cabinet reshuffle

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The Independent UK

What Labour’s DWP reshuffle could mean for benefits and jobs

Liz Kendall will be moving to another role after over a year as DWP chief

The Independent UK

Union leaders warn of ‘massive backlash’ if Starmer axes Rayner’s workers’ rights charter

Union delegates fear the cabinet reshuffle is ‘a right-wing coup’ and warn Starmer the workers’ rights package is a ‘red line’

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The Guardian - UK

We need more politicians like Angela Rayner

Letters: Dr Robin C Richmond and Linda Rhead respond to the deputy prime minister’s resignation

The Guardian - UK

What is the point of Labour’s new deputy leader? Until we know that, the contest isn’t worth having

With the party tanking and Farage in No 10 a possibility, we need a unifying figure who will wake the party from its slumber, says Neal Lawson of Compass

Evening Standard

Who might runners and riders be in race to become Labour’s new deputy leader?

The contest to become deputy Labour leader is set to be an intriguing and potentially divisive process.

The Guardian - UK

Labour MPs must gain 80 nominations by Thursday to stand for deputy leader

Potential candidates need backing of at least 20% of parliamentary party, as Shabana Mahmood rules herself out

The National (Scotland)

Who's in the running to replace Angela Rayner as Labour deputy leader?

The starting gun has been fired on the race to succeed Angela Rayner as deputy leader of the Labour Party.

The Independent UK

Voices: Will Labour choose Starmer’s nightmare candidate as his deputy leader?

COMMENT: The race to be the party’s deputy is likely to bring out a host of disgruntled candidates – none more politically damaging, or more popular with the grass-roots, than Louise Haigh, the former transport secretary that Starmer sacked, says former Labour adviser Patrick Diamond

Evening Standard

Labour MPs have Thursday deadline to enter deputy leadership race

The party is electing a new deputy leader following Angela Rayner’s resignation after breaching the ministerial code over her flat purchase.

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