Only Angela Rayner has emerged from the welfare debacle with her reputation intact - COMMENT: It took the intervention of the ...

The Independent’s chief political commentator, John Rentoul, is here to answer your questions as Labour grapples with a ...

Rayner says the government is pressing ahead with welfare forms to invest in employment support and ending reassessments for ...

The Deputy Prime Minister should be deployed as a John Prescott figure to connect with the party, Labour MPs say ...

Appearing on Lorraine, Keir Starmer's deputy was asked about her own ambitions after the PM was left broken last night.

Sir Keir Starmer should use his deputy Angela Rayner more effectively because she is popular with the public, Harriet Harman ...

LIVE – Updated at 19:00. An emotional Angela Rayner told attendees at the Labour party conference that she gets “choked up” at the support she has received before she was given her second ...

Angela Rayner has said that she "never" wants to be leader of the Labour Party amid mounting speculation that she has ambitions to replace Keir Starmer. The deputy prime minister's designs on ...

Angela Rayner has said that she "never" wants to be leader of the Labour Party amid mounting speculation that she has ambitions to replace Keir Starmer.