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Angela Rayner has accused Boris Johnson of being "grossly incompetent" as he failed to understand Covid rules on household mixing set to come into force tonight in the North East of England. Commenting after the Prime Minister made a…
New polling has found high levels of consensus among the British public on the economy. Clear majorities were identified in support of a targeted extension of the furlough scheme (66%), job guarantees for under-25s (64%) and benefits…
Deputy leader, party chair and campaign coordinator Angela Rayner was the star of Connected on its opening weekend. She used her media round and speech to promote Labour’s demands for key workers, highlight the “indefensible” average wage…
Labour is keeping connected, despite the pandemic. The party's online 'Connected' series kicked off on Saturday morning with an updated slogan: "A New Leadership". Doing the media rounds this morning, Keir Starmer defended the branding…
Below is the full text of the speech delivered by deputy leader Angela Rayner to Labour Connected 2020 today. In these unprecedented times, we aren’t able to hold our annual conference, but I was determined that we would still meet. Being…
Labour's online conference replacement 'Connected' kicked off today with a new slogan – 'A New Leadership' – and events for women. Party chair Angela Rayner opened proceedings, along with Marsha de Cordova, who talked about gender…
Boris Johnson has said that the UK is “now seeing a second wave coming in”. The Prime Minister has described a second national lockdown as “the last thing anybody wants” – but the scientific advisers have warned that there is no real…
Deputy leader Angela Rayner has declared that the Labour Party is "offering the country the leadership it needs" ahead of its annual conference replacement 'Connected' kicking off this weekend. The party has now unveiled the full programme…
The International Day of Democracy took place earlier this week, described by the UN as "providing an opportunity to review the state of democracy in the world". The UN also says: "Democracy is as much a process as a goal, and only with the…
Keir Starmer was forced to self-isolate this week as one of his children displayed Covid symptoms. That test came back negative this morning but Angela Rayner stood in for the Labour leader anyway. Starmer's message to the PM has been…
Labour deputy leader Angela Rayner made a joke referring to the controversial Durham trip of the Prime Minister's adviser Dominic Cummings as she stood in for Keir Starmer this afternoon. She told the Commons: “I see once again that the…
Keir Starmer used his first TUC Congress speech as leader, delivered from his attic, to accuse Boris Johnson of having “failed on all counts” during the pandemic. Instead of sorting out the chaotic test and trace system, he said the Prime…
