Angela Rayner

Shropshire plans for 335 homes rejected after 351 objections

Close up of a sign that reads 'immigration built this country'

Fahnbulleh declines to back Home Secretary’s plan to extend wait for settlement

Energy Secretary Miatta Fahnbulleh

Fahnbulleh declines to back Home Secretary’s plan to extend wait for settlement

A Protest walk has taken place in Albrighton, where they are fighting a huge housing development. One of the fields that may become housing.

Final submissions heard in 800-home Albrighton green belt inquiry

Andrew Griffith speaking during the Conservative Party conference

Tory economic chief vows to scrap mansion tax, and ditch one tax each year

Grenfell Tower in London

Evidence file on housing department among those passed to Grenfell prosecutors

A Grenfell sign in a heart

Grenfell fire investigators pass files on 20 firms and 54 people to prosecutors

Labour Party conference 2026

Rayner: Pensioners may be willing to back triple lock reform to fund social care

View of boarded up terraced homes

Councils will be given more powers to seize empty homes and bring them into use

Liam and Noel Gallagher

Oasis invite Andy Burnham to join band in SNL UK Russian phishing scam sketch

Andy Burnham before US and UK flags

Burnham faces unrest among Labour big beasts ahead of party conference

Reform UK conference

No 10 denies ‘enhanced’ donor checks would be to target Reform’s £72 million

Nigel Farage

Reform UK’s £72m crypto tycoon donors could face ‘enhanced residency checks’

Nigel Farage holding his arms up

Nigel Farage acknowledges Reform UK’s £72m donations may fall foul of law change

Reform UK deputy leader Richard Tice

Reform’s Tice hits out at Labour ‘hypocrisy’ over £72m donations row

Nigel Farage

Donations cap to be debated in wake of £72 million Reform gifts

Donald Trump

Trump downplays AI risks as ‘things that won’t happen’
Communities Secretary Angela Rayner said she was pleased AI companies were ‘talking about the threats as well as the opportunities’.
Sam Hall, Press Association

Angela Rayner

Angela Rayner ‘pleased’ AI companies talking about threats

Donald Trump

Donald Trump says he ‘loved’ backlash to Irish unity remarks

NIgel Farage in a teal suit

Rayner hints at donations cap after Reform given £72m by crypto-billionaires

Head and shoulders photo of Donald Trump, seated in front of Irish and UD flags

Rayner brushes off Trump’s backing for united Ireland

Tourists posing for a selfie in front of Buckingham Palace

Holidaymakers face tourism tax with new powers for mayors across England

Angela Rayner seated, wearing glasses and a pink shirt

Mayors to be given power to impose tourist tax

Angela Rayner

Angela Rayner withdraws council reorganisation decisions after new legal advice

Andy Burnham gesturing as he speaks

Tory council leaders accuse Burnham of ‘devolving blame’ for tax rises

Andy Burnham

Rayner defends Burnham’s record on tackling rough sleeping in Manchester

Andy Burnham and John Healey

No 10 North growth focus not a demotion for Chancellor, says Rayner

A homeless person asleep on the street beside the entrance to Westminster underground station

PM announces drive to get thousands of rough sleepers off streets for Christmas
The move is reminiscent of the Everyone In scheme in the pandemic when thousands of rough sleepers across England were brought in off the streets.
Áine Fox, Press Association Social Affairs Correspondent

Housing Secretary Angela Rayner

Councils fear planning overhaul to boost housebuilding will weaken local voices

Housing Secretary Angela Rayner

Angela Rayner insists Government sticking to plans to build 1.5 million homes

Housing Secretary Angela Rayner views the burnt-out remains of houses on Quarry Park Road in Stourbridge.

Angela Rayner visits homes struck by Stourbridge wildfire

Matthew Pennycook leaving number 10 Downing Street

Drive to build 1.5m homes has slowed because of Iran war, minister claims

Angela Rayner in high-vis and a hard hat

Angela Rayner promises action to tackle housing crisis with planning shake-up

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Emergency alert sent to mobile phones with wildfire warning after UK blazes

Pc Andrew Harper

Government to announce early release exemptions for Pc Harper’s killers in Septe...

Privy Council meeting

Rayner defends accepting £17k severance payment after return to Government

Composite of handout file photos issued UK Parliament of Prime Minister Andy Burham’s Cabinet appointments: (top row, left to right) Chancellor John Healey; Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood; Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband; Health Secretary Yvette Cooper; Education Secretary Lucy Powell; Work and Pensions Secretary Pat McFadden; Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy; Business Secretary Jonathan Reynolds; and Housing Secretary Angela Rayner. (second row, left to right) Minister for Women and Equalities Bridget Phillipson; Defence Secretary Wes Streeting; Chief Whip Anneliese Midgley; Northern Ireland Secretary Sir Chris Bryant; Scottish Secretary Douglas Alexander; Welsh Secretary Stephen Kinnock; Transport Secrtary Heidi Alexander; Attorney General Ellie Reeves; Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, Louise Haigh. (third row, left to right) Justice Secretary Alex Norris; Environment Secretary Dame Angela Eagle; Energy Secretary Miatta Fahnbulleh; Chief Secrtary to the Treasury Emma Reynolds; Leader of the House of Lords Baroness Smith of Basildon; Leader of the House of Commons Sir Alan Campbell; minister of state across the Cabinet Office and the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Kanishka Narayan; minister across both the Cabinet Office and Foreign Office Hamish Falconer ; and Matthew Pennycook minister in the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Who has Andy Burnham picked to be in his Cabinet?

Andy Burnham becomes new PM

Burnham to set out cost-of-living support and chair first Cabinet meeting as PM

Marks & Spencer has opened its refurbished store on London's Oxford Street (M&S/PA)

M&S opens revamped Oxford Street flagship shop with beauty hall

Andy Burnham and Angela Rayner (Peter Byrne/PA)

Angela Rayner throws her support behind Burnham’s town hall powers agenda

Wes Streeting speech

Streeting prepared to trigger leadership contest as early as next week

Prince George, Prince Louis, the Princess of Wales and Princess Charlotte on the balcony of Buckingham Palace, London, to view the flypast featuring the Royal Air Force’s Red Arrows and current and historic military aircraft, at the end of the military procession marking the 80th anniversary of VE Day, and in honour of those who served during the Second World War

Photo of Kate and children watching VE Day flypast up for award

International arrivals sign at Heathrow Airport

UK net migration drops below 200,000 for first time since Covid-19 pandemic

Culture, Media and Sport Secretary Lisa Nandy speaking outside Downing Street

Labour leadership contest speculation ‘froth and nonsense’ – Lisa Nandy

Composite image of Wes Streeting (left), Keir Starmer (centre) and Andy Burnham

Who are the senior Labour figures vying to replace Sir Keir Starmer?

Aerial view of the City of London skyline

UK borrowing costs hit 28-year-high as City braces for Burnham challenge

Fluctuating prices of the FTSE, Dax and Dow Jones with stacks of money in the background

Gilts and pound suffer sell-off as market frets over Labour leadership

Steve Reed

Cabinet minister warns against ‘chaos’ of Labour leadership contest to oust PM

A view of the black door at Number 10 Downing Street

What next for Labour leadership after Streeting resigns and Burnham eyes return?

Starmer on brink as Streeting quits, criticising ‘drift’ at top of Government

Health Secretary Wes Streeting leaves number 10 Downing Street

Labour turmoil intensifies with sniping over possible Streeting leadership bid

Angela Rayner

Rayner ‘cleared by HMRC over tax affairs’ amid uncertainty over Starmer’s future

Sir Keir Starmer delivering his speech in the background in front of a seated audience in the foreground

What we learned from Sir Keir Starmer’s post-election speech

Keir Starmer at a community centre

Minister backs ‘decade of Starmer’ as PM faces more calls to quit

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer

Starmer to promise ‘strength through fairness’ as he battles to stay in No 10

Sir Keir Starmer head and shoulders

Starmer defies calls to quit as prospect of leadership challenge mounts

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer meets Labour Party members at Kingsdown Methodist Church Hall

Starmer: ‘I’m not going to walk away’ after Labour suffers electoral mauling

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