Rayner plots move against Starmer
Former deputy prime minister ‘offering Cabinet roles to MPs in exchange for support’
Angela Rayner is laying the groundwork for a leadership challenge against Sir Keir Starmer.
The former deputy prime minister and housing secretary is already offering Cabinet roles to MPs in exchange for their support, The Telegraph has been told.
A source familiar with Ms Rayner’s moves said she was “on manoeuvres” and was “getting her ducks in a row” for a leadership bid, adding: “The unions will back her and help her.”
Ms Rayner has also joined Tribune, a pressure group of MPs on the soft Left of the Labour Party, led by the architects of the welfare rebellion.
Senior figures in the group say it currently has 70 members but is on course to reach 100, making it the biggest caucus of Labour backbenchers. It could be used as a leadership vehicle for a candidate in the future.
Ms Rayner was forced to resign from her Cabinet roles in September after The Telegraph revealed that she did not pay £40,000 of stamp duty owed on the purchase of a flat in Hove, East Sussex.
But her allies believe she is ready to make a political comeback, with those to the Left of the party favouring her as a leadership candidate over other contenders such as Wes Streeting, the Health Secretary.
An early leadership contest would favour candidates such as Ms Rayner and disadvantage those such as Andy Burnham, the Left-leaning Mayor of Greater Manchester, who is not an MP.
A source close to Ms Rayner dismissed the claims as “total rubbish” on Saturday night, insisting that she was “focused on representing her local community”.
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On Friday night, Clive Lewis became the first Labour MP to break ranks and call for Sir Keir to step down, saying the current situation was “not tenable, frankly”.
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One Labour MP said the past week had been a “complete shambles”, adding that: “After this last week, everyone is just completely fed up with it all.”
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