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Starmer offers to bring Rayner back into Cabinet: The Telegraph
The offer comes as Rayner awaits an HMRC tax probe outcome and Labour MPs discuss possible leadership pacts ahead of a reshuffle.
- Prime Minister Keir Starmer reportedly offered Angela Rayner a Cabinet return during a private April 14 meeting in Greater Manchester, attended by Mayor Andy Burnham, amid reshuffle speculation following May elections.
- Rayner resigned eight months ago over an investigation into whether she underpaid stamp duty on an £800,000 property; she is now hopeful the HMRC tax probe will conclude this week.
- Four days after meeting Starmer, Rayner held a secret discussion with Burnham, where the Manchester mayor reportedly proposed a Blair-Brown-style leadership pact, reflecting Labour's internal power dynamics.
- On Tuesday, Starmer avoided a Privileges Committee inquiry after MPs voted 335-223 against the motion, though 15 Labour backbenchers defied the whip to support the investigation.
- While Starmer has said he "would like to have Angela back at the right point," allies remain uncertain whether Rayner truly desires a frontbench return amid the Lord Mandelson vetting scandal.
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Keir Starmer 'offers Angela Rayner Cabinet job' in final dice roll to stave off leadership challenge
Angela Rayner was privately offered a return to Sir Keir Starmer's Cabinet in a final roll of the dice to stave off a potential leadership challenge, insiders have claimed. The Prime Minister discussed Ms Rayner's potential return to the Labour frontbench earlier this month in an apparent attempt to head off a leadership coup.Sir Keir faces a premiership-defining moment next Thursday, with Labour sources fearing potential leadership pacts betwee…
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