Angela Rayner is pressing Sir Keir Starmer to follow Emmanuel Macron and formally recognise a Palestinian state.

The Labour leader said it was vital Britain’s ‘social fabric’ was healed amid a series of protests outside taxpayer-funded ...

The deputy prime minister makes a dramatic intervention over a need for the Labour government to start to ‘show it can ...

Parliament is in recess but Monday presented a gruesome dilemma for Sir Keir Starmer. Hang with the American chap visiting ...

Angela Rayner is among top cabinet ministers calling for immediate Palestinian recognition. The deputy PM has joined Yvette ...

The deputy prime minister’s dramatic intervention came at a time when her stock is rising in Keir Starmer’s government, notes ...

The Independent's Political Editor David Maddox says that despite the clash with Unite, the deputy prime minister’s influence is unmatched since the welfare rebellion ...

The Fire Brigades Union (FBU) called on Sir Keir Starmer and his deputy Angela Rayner to step in to deliver a "decent ...

A Labour-affiliated trade union has issued a strongly-worded plea for the Government to intervene in the long-running ...

Prime minister seeks to reassert his authority after welfare revolt leaves £5bn hole in the public finances, prompting speculation the chancellor Rachel Reeves will be forced to raise taxes in the aut ...

Tory leader Kemi Badenoch has made an offer to work with the government to take on the ‘militant’ British Medical Association (BMA) ...

Why Rayner (along with some Birmingham Labour councillors) was selected for expulsion is unclear. Perhaps the union was ...