But there will not be an early election, Jones said. Asked about Reform UK leader Nigel Farage's suggestion that Rayner's resignation would open up internal Labour splits and prompt a general election as early as 2027, the chancellor of the duchy of Lancaster told Sky News: Nigel Farage is wrong there. The Labour party is not going to split and there won't be an early election.
Nigel Farage said he thinks there is "every chance now of a general election happening in 2027" as he addressed Reform UK's party conference in Birmingham shortly after Angela Rayner resigned on Friday, 5 September. The Reform leader warned of a big rift in Labour and told attendees in a keynote speech: Before long, there'll be Labour MPs that reckon they've got a better chance on the Jeremy Corbyn sectarian ticket
As you know, on Wednesday I referred myself to your independent adviser on ministerial standards, Sir Laurie Magnus, to conduct a thorough investigation into my personal financial circumstances after I became aware that it is likely I inadvertently paid the incorrect rate for stamp duty land tax (SDLT). I have always taken my responsibilities as deputy prime minister, secretary of state for housing, communities and local government, as well as a member of parliament with the utmost seriousness.
It feels like crunch time for Angela Rayner. Plenty of folk at Westminster reckon today is the day her fate will be determined. The prime minister told me yesterday he expected the investigation by the independent adviser on ministerial standards to be quick and he thought that was a good thing. That suggests Sir Keir won't prevaricate in offering his own judgement about Sir Laurie Magnus's findings once he himself has them.
Angela Rayner used a small, high-street conveyancing firm for the purchase of the 800,000 Hove flat at the centre of a damaging tax row, the Guardian has learned. The deputy prime minister employed Verrico & Associates, a family firm based in Herne Bay, Kent, to complete the transaction, according to legal documents seen by the Guardian. Rayner has said she asked for legal advice before buying the flat
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The Tories, including Cleverly, have accused the deputy prime minister of hypocrisy, pointing to her role in pushing through those tax rules and demanding clarity over whether she had been paying the premium and whether she claimed a single-person discount on her Admiralty House flat, the property that came with her ministerial position at the beginning of this year.
Angela Rayner has been accused of handling the Birmingham bin workers' strike in a totally and utterly abhorrent way by the Unite general secretary, Sharon Graham. Graham told BBC Radio 4 Today's programme: Angela Rayner refuses to get involved, and she is directly aiding and abetting the fire-and-rehire of these bin workers, it is totally and utterly abhorrent.
Angela Rayner has publicly backed Keir Starmer's controversial welfare reforms, emphasizing that they will assist millions in a failing welfare system, amid growing rebellion among Labour MPs.
We're investing 1bn into tailored employment support, a right to try to help more people back into work, and ending reassessments for the most severely disabled who will never be able to work.