Angela Rayner will return to cabinet, Sir Keir Starmer says
PM signals big move for ‘hugely talented’ Angela Rayner
- Sir Keir Starmer has confirmed that Angela Rayner, who resigned in September, will return to his cabinet, praising her as "hugely talented".
- Ms Rayner stepped down from her roles as deputy prime minister, housing secretary, and deputy Labour leader following an investigation into underpaid stamp duty on her Hove flat.
- Sir Keir criticised the "misogynistic" nature of some of the criticism directed at Ms Rayner, as well as Chancellor Rachel Reeves.
- Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch previously said that any return for Ms Rayner should be conditional on her repaying £40,000 in property taxes.
- Reports of a potential leadership pact between Ms Rayner and Wes Streeting were denied by a source close to her, who said there was "no vacancy and no pact".