Archive: 2025 / 09
7 Sep
Written by :
Caspian Radcliffe
Categories :
UK Politics
Tags :
Angela Rayner
Labour ethics
Keir Starmer
cabinet reshuffle
Angela Rayner resignation tests Labour’s new ethics system and reshapes Starmer’s top team
Angela Rayner quit as Housing Secretary and Labour’s deputy leader after an ethics probe found she fell short of the highest standards over her tax affairs. Keir Starmer called it painful but right, then launched a rapid reshuffle installing David Lammy as Deputy PM and Justice Secretary. The case is the first big test of Labour’s new ethics regime and could reopen party divides as a deputy leadership contest looms.
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