Angela Rayner

• De resultaten van het onderzoek naar de betaalde overdrachtsbelasting voor het appartement in Hove zijn cruciaal voor elke poging tot leiderschap. • UK politics live – laatste updates • Angela Rayner is door HMRC vrijgesproken van opzet of nalatigheid met betrekking tot haar belastingzaken, meldde de Guardian, wat de weg vrijmaakt voor een mogelijke kandidatuur voor het leiderschap nu de machtspositie van Keir Starmer wankelt. Lees verder...

• De voormalige vicepremierminister zei dat ze er graag 'haar deel zou willen spelen' in het geval van een strijd om het leiderschap • Volledig rapport: Angela Rayner vrijgepleit door HMRC over belastingzaken, wat de weg vrijmaakt voor een mogelijke kandidatuur voor het leiderschap • In haar interview met ITV zei Angela Rayner, de voormalige vicepremier, dat ze geen pact zou sluiten met Andy Burnham om Keir Starmer uit te dagen. "Ik sluit geen deals of iets dergelijks", zei ze.

• Exclusief: voormalig vicepremier zegt dat onderzoek 'haar vleugels heeft geknipt' terwijl ze £40.000 aan onbetaalde overdrachtsbelasting afrekent • Angela Rayner is door HMRC vrijgepleit van opzettelijke wandaden of nalatigheid met betrekking tot haar belastingzaken, zoals de Guardian kan onthullen, wat de weg vrijmaakt voor een mogelijke claim op het leiderschap nu de machtspositie van Keir Starmer wankelt. • De voormalig vicepremier heeft £40.000 aan onbetaalde overdrachtsbelasting betaald nadat ze aanvankelijk het lagere tarief had gehanteerd, maar heeft als gevolg van het onderzoek geen boete gekregen. HMRC was er ook van overtuigd dat er geen sprake was van belastingontwijking.

Greater Manchester mayor says the party ‘would always do well to listen to what Angela has got to say’Good morning. Keir Starmer has been handling the Iran war reasonably well, according to the consensus view at Westminster, and certainly better than Nigel Farage and Kemi Badenoch, who have been in contortions over whether they do or do not support Donald Trump. But this has not altered the fundamental, big-picture assessment of British politics, which is that he is deeply unpopular with voters and that Labour can’t win the next election if he remains in charge. This may be a flawed analysis – consensus views often are – but it is what many Labour MPs think, which is why a question mark hovers over Starmer’s leadership.And that is why Angela Rayner’s speech last night, at a private meeting with the soft-left Mainstream group, are so significant. She did not explicitly call for new leadership, but she did convey that message implicity – and more bluntly than in any of her other interventions since she resigned as deputy PM in September last year.It is down to us to rebuild this nation and this party – the question is are we up for this fight? I know we in this room are.As a party, and as a movement, we cannot hide, we cannot just go through the motions in the face of decline. There’s no safe ground and we’re running out of time.We cannot talk about earning a settlement if we keep moving the goalposts. Because moving the goalposts undermines our sense of fair play. It’s un-British.Let us be a country that has sustainable economic migration rules, but one that upholds the British values we want all who live here to respect. Not special treatment. But the stability and a fair pathway forward after the sacrifices many have made to build a lawful life in the UK.We’ve got to, all of us, haven’t we, work together to pull together a plan that turns the country around …I understand the frustration people feel. We heard that at the by-election, and of course, Angela is reflecting some of that.I think where I would agree, and I think everybody across government would agree, is sharing an impatience with the pace of change, and that applies to every single one of us.And I get the sense, I haven’t read the full context of Angela’s remarks, but I get the sense that that frustration is actually what is running through her remarks. It absolutely runs through every government minister as well. Continue reading...

Greater Manchester mayor says Rayner’s criticism of planned immigration changes, which she called ‘un-British’, echoed ‘moral questions’Andy Burnham has backed stark criticism of the direction of Keir Starmer’s government by Angela Rayner after she said the very survival of the Labour party was at stake.Rayner, the former deputy prime minister and an influential backbencher, used a speech on Tuesday night to warn that the prime minister “cannot go through the motions” in the face of declining support. Continue reading...