The Angela Rayner tax row spells real danger for Labour
It may be Tory deflection, but the story’s chief target is Keir Starmer: can he be portrayed as weak and…
ByAngela Rayner
Angela Rayner has been the Labour MP for Ashton-under-Lyne since 2015. Until September 2025, she was the deputy prime minister, secretary of state for housing, communities and local government, and deputy leader of the Labour Party. Rayner, born in 1980, formerly worked as a care worker, has been a trade union representative with Unison and was appointed as party chair and national campaign coordinator for the 2021 local elections.
Inside the Angela Rayner show
Labour’s deputy leader has gone from political troublemaker to star act.
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What would a Labour government do about HS2 and levelling up?
As the party’s conference nears, the opposition will have to set out its plans to bring economic growth to all…
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Trade union militancy will outlast the Tories
At the TUC conference in Liverpool, the gap between what the unions want and what Labour is offering is glaring.
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Labour still needs the unions
Angela Rayner’s lead on workers’ rights is keeping organised labour behind the party – for now.
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Could Angela Rayner’s TUC hero status backfire?
The Labour deputy’s reaffirmation of the New Deal for Working People means she can’t let unions down on workers’ rights.
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Starmer’s transition from soft-left to Labour right is complete
The shadow cabinet reshuffle confirms his abandonment of the leadership platform he stood on in 2020.
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The new radical? What to expect from the shadow levelling-up secretary
Angela Rayner now presides over a sprawling policy remit – and the opposition’s most far-reaching reforms.
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Keir Starmer’s reshuffle was politically ruthless
The Labour leader has marginalised the soft left and promoted proud Blairites.
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PMQs: Angela Rayner demolishes Oliver Dowden
Labour’s deputy leader invoked past Tory failures as she channelled John Prescott’s 1996 PMQs appearance.
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PMQs: Sunak was missing, but was hardly missed
The Deputy Prime Minister Oliver Dowden did his best to copy the PM’s “blame Labour” routine.
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Is there any hope for the Labour left?
Socialist MPs and affiliated trade unions will not stay quiet forever.
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You Ask Us: What next for Boris Johnson – and Angela Rayner
The NS podcast team answers your questions.
Angela Rayner drops hint about leadership ambitions
The Labour deputy would “never say never” about leading.
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PMQs today: Oliver Dowden outclassed by Angela Rayner
The Deputy Prime Minister struggled to justify the government’s obstruction of the Covid inquiry.
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PMQs today: lacklustre deputies fail to inspire
Oliver Dowden and Angela Rayner’s tired back and forth suggests the parties are suffering from post-local election fatigue.
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PMQs: Angela Rayner reads Dominic Raab his eulogy
The Labour deputy leader showed the power of her party’s focus on failures to tackle violence against women.
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Labour’s Bolton selection row puts Rayner and Starmer allies at odds
There is outrage over the exclusion of Leigh Drennan, an ally of the party’s deputy leader, from the Bolton North…
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PMQs: Dominic Raab on the ropes
In a battle of the deputies, Angela Rayner struggled to capitalise on bullying claims against the Deputy Prime Minister.
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Iain Dale’s Diary: My week at the Edinburgh Fringe, and a spellbinding chat with Angela Rayner
Still recovering from a bad fall, I hosted live podcast shows at the festival wearing a rather magnificent burgundy suit.
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