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How to understand the row between Angela Rayner and Unite – and what it means for Labour’s relationship with the unions
Why Rayner (along with some Birmingham Labour councillors) was selected for expulsion is unclear. Perhaps the union was ...
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What Greater Reading council could like if expansion goes ahead
An enlarged Reading council could expand into the suburbs and even incorporate a village if local government reorganisation ...
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Unite dumps Deputy Prime Minister Rayner and will re-examine relationship with Labour
UNITE overwhelmingly voted today to suspend the Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner’s membership and announced it was ...
Angela Rayner hits out at Tories over 'made-up nonsense' on so-called 'banter ban'
The Deputy Prime Minister said Labour workers rights' reforms were designed to protect employees from harassment ...
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What 'Greater Reading' Borough Council could like
An enlarged Reading council could expand into the suburbs and even incorporate a village if local government reorganisation plans are accepted.
How Angela Rayner has become the most influential figure in Starmer’s government – for now
The Independent's Political Editor David Maddox says that despite the clash with Unite, the deputy prime minister’s influence ...
Angela Rayner tells Lorraine 'not a chance I'd want to be Prime Minister'
Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner joined chat show host Lorraine Kelly this morning (July 2) ahead of the one-year ...
Angela Rayner's message as she visits Liverpool amid backlash from Merseyside MPs
Liverpool Walton MP Dan Carden, who abstained in the vote, said he welcomed that the government had “conceded and will no longer make changes to PIP until after the Timms Review has concluded in 2026 ...