Angela Rayner

Ministers warn state pension triple lock is ‘not sustainable in the long term’ after wages surge puts OAPs on track for 8.5% boost in April – piling billions of pounds on to government spending

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Ministers have warned the state pension triple lock is ‘not sustainable in the long term’ after surging wages put OAPs on track for a bumper rise next year. Under the triple lock, the payouts go up in April by the highest out of average earnings, CPI inflation or 2.5 per cent. The pay number for … Read more

Labour’s £1.5m cash injection from Just Stop Oil supporter and eco-energy boss Dale Vince

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REVEALED: Labour’s £1.5m cash injection from Just Stop Oil supporter and eco-energy boss Dale Vince – including £20,000 in donations to Sir Keir Starmer’s election campaigns By Harriet Line, Deputy Political Editor Published: 00:59 BST, 1 May 2023 | Updated: 01:02 BST, 1 May 2023 Labour has taken £1.5million from a Just Stop Oil-backing green … Read more

Labour’s ‘Beergate’ scandal deepens amid claims Angela Rayner is being ‘thrown to the wolves’

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Labour’s ‘Beergate’ scandal deepens amid claims Angela Rayner is being ‘thrown to the wolves’ as party insiders reveal they are yet to find ANY evidence she returned to work after the notorious Durham curry event Angela Rayner faces being ‘thrown to the wolves’, a party insider has claimed  They added audit so far provided no … Read more

Angela Rayner’s name was top of the guest list for ‘Beergate’, shows leaked memo

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Angela Rayner’s name was top of the guest list for ‘Beergate’, shows leaked memo – while Labour claims it made an ‘honest mistake’ when it wrongly denied she was present In January, Labour press officer insisted that the Deputy Leader was not present Labour admitted she ‘was present’, with source saying it was ‘an honest … Read more

Angela Rayner, 41, spotted outside her London home with new boyfriend Sam Tarry, 39

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Angela Rayner, 41, spotted outside her London home with new boyfriend Sam Tarry, 39, the married MP who ran her campaign to become Labour deputy leader 39-year-old Ilford South MP ran Rayner’s campaign to become deputy leader  They were pictured by the Sun on Sunday leaving her taxpayer-funded home Tarry elected in 2019 with backing … Read more

‘Never say never’: Angela Rayner drops ANOTHER major hint she wants to become Labour leader

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‘Never say never’: Angela Rayner drops ANOTHER major hint she wants to become Labour leader but insists she wants to ‘get into No10 WITH Keir Starmer’ saying it would be an ‘honour’ for a council estate single mum Rayner said it would be ‘an absolute honour’ to enter power in Downing Street But she told … Read more

Angela Rayner asks Boris Johnson’s ethics tsar to investigate Jacob Rees-Mogg

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Angela Rayner asks Boris Johnson’s ethics tsar to investigate Jacob Rees-Mogg’s £6million in loans from his Cayman Islands-linked company Jacob Rees-Mogg has now been reported to Boris Johnson’s ethics watchdog  The Leader of the House of Commons didn’t declare £6million in cheap loans Angela Rayner demanded an investigation into the ‘director’s loans’ taken out By … Read more

HENRY DEEDES on Penny Mordaunt’s perfectly crafted rebuke to Commons sleaze claims by Angela Rayner

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Penny Mordaunt gave Angela Rayner a frightful biffing in the Commons yesterday. Surprising, I know!  If these two were to ever square up to each other, most money would be on bovver- booted Rayner. Back in her youth, I doubt many dared pick a fight with our Ange in the playground. Yet when the pair … Read more

Did Allegra Stratton mislead the Press pack over refurb? Labour demand inquiry

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Did Allegra Stratton mislead the Press pack over refurb? Labour demand inquiry into whether PM’s press secretary ‘knowingly misled’ journalists Former journalist was Mr Johnson’s press secretary from October until last week  Labour’s demand came after No 10 spokesman declined to deny PM’s loan  That claim appears to run contrary to what Miss Stratton said … Read more

Labour deputy leader Angela Rayner charged taxpayer £249 for pair of PERSONALISED AirPods

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Labour’s deputy leader Angela Rayner charged the taxpayer £249 for pair of PERSONALISED AirPods among £2,100 Apple gadgets she claimed on expenses to help her WFH in pandemic Angela Rayner claimed a pair of £249 personalised Apple AirPods on expenses  Also claimed £1,619 iPad, £99 case, £199 keyboard, £131 pencil, £70 office chair MPs claimed … Read more

Labour deputy leader Angela Rayner charged taxpayer £249 for pair of PERSONALISED AirPods

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Labour’s deputy leader Angela Rayner charged the taxpayer £249 for pair of PERSONALISED AirPods among £2,100 Apple gadgets she claimed on expenses to help her WFH in pandemic Angela Rayner claimed a pair of £249 personalised Apple AirPods on expenses  Also claimed £1,619 iPad, £99 case, £199 keyboard, £131 pencil, £70 office chair MPs claimed … Read more

Keir Starmer brands Jeremy Corbyn’s response to anti-Semitism report ‘as bad as it gets’

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Sir Keir Starmer has said Jeremy Corbyn‘s response to a damning report on anti-Semitism in Labour was ‘just about as bad as you can get’. The Opposition leader said he was ‘disappointed’ when his predecessor claimed the issue had been ‘dramatically overstated for political reasons’. It comes as the party’s deputy leader Angela Rayner has … Read more