US EditionAngela Rayner Gains Support of 80 MPs and Donors for Possible Labour Leadership Bid
Angela Rayner has secured backing from 80 Labour MPs and is expected to raise over £1 million from donors for a leadership challenge after May elections.
- Last week some MPs told allies they are prepared to back Angela Rayner in a post-May leadership contest, with allies saying she would have the numbers to challenge Sir Keir Starmer.
- With May's elections looming, poor results are expected to deepen questions about Sir Keir Starmer's future amid party division over blocking Andy Burnham from the Gorton and Denton by-election.
- Speaking to activists last week, Angela Rayner thanked them since her 2015 election as MP for Ashton-under-Lyne and said Labour needs to `do better`.
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Rayner allies plot comeback to rival Streeting for Labour leadership
Angela Rayner will stand for the Labour leadership to stop a Wes Streeting coronation if Sir Keir Starmer is toppled , MPs believe. Labour MPs told The i Paper there would not be an “uncontested election” if Starmer is forced from power and “if Wes goes then Angela will go”. The Prime Minister, currently in China for a meeting with Xi Jinping, is facing growing questions about his leadership because of the collapse in Labour’s polling and his ow…
How long can Keir Starmer last as Labour leader?
Keir Starmer’s much-criticised trip to China could not have come at a better time for the beleaguered prime minister.Following another gruelling week in which one potential leadership challenger was seen off – for now at least – when Andy Burnham’s attempt to return to parliament failed, and another, former deputy PM Angela Rayner, declared “I’m not dead yet”, you could perhaps forgive the PM for wanting a few days away from the never-ending Wes…
Angela Rayner teases comeback to frontline politics as she takes swipe at Keir Starmer
Angela Rayner is thought to have urged Labour’s leadership to "do better" at a private fundraising dinner as she teased a return to frontline politics ahead of the crucial by-election in Manchester. The ex-Deputy Prime Minister is said to have told attendees: "We should do better, and we should do more."In remarks suggesting she harbours ambitions of returning to the political forefront, Ms Rayner expressed her determination to help Labour confr…
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