Archive: 2025 / 09
Starmer reset after Rayner tax row opens space for Reform
Angela Rayner quit after admitting she underpaid stamp duty, forcing Keir Starmer into a fast reshuffle that made David Lammy deputy PM and handed Pat McFadden a new growth-focused brief. The episode exposed Labour’s messaging gaps and may hand Reform UK an opening as the government tries to regain control.
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