Keir Starmer says ‘hugely talented’ Angela Rayner will return to cabinet
PM gives clearest indication yet of comeback, calling former deputy ‘the best social mobility story’ the country has seenUK politics live – latest updatesKeir Starmer has predicted that Angela Rayner will return to the cabinet, calling his former deputy, who resigned in September after...
<p>PM gives clearest indication yet of comeback, calling former deputy ‘the best social mobility story’ the country has seen</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2025/dec/07/keir-starmer-labour-reform-conservatives-your-party-uk-politics-latest-news-updates">UK politics live – latest updates</a></p></li></ul><p>Keir Starmer has predicted that Angela Rayner will return to the cabinet, calling his former deputy, who <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/sep/05/angela-rayner-stands-down-over-stamp-duty-row">resigned in September</a> after underpaying stamp duty on a property purchase, “hugely talented”.</p><p>In an interview <a href="https://observer.co.uk/news/national/article/keir-starmer-the-greens-are-anti-nato-and-think-its-all-right-to-sell-drugs-thats-nuts">with the Observer</a>, the prime minister described Rayner, who left school aged 16 without any qualifications, as “the best social mobility story this country has ever seen”.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/dec/07/keir-starmer-says-hugely-talented-angela-rayner-will-return-to-cabinet">Continue reading...</a>
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