Angela Rayner Tells Keir Starmer To Change Course Now As PM Fights To Save His Job

The former deputy prime minister has thrown down the gauntlet ahead of Starmer's make-or-break speech tomorrow.

Angela Rayner has told Keir Starmer to “change now” as the prime minister faces the prospect of a leadership challenge within the next 24 hours.

In her first public comments since Labour’s catastrophic performance in last Thursday’s elections, Rayner also threw her weight behind Andy Burnham’s attempt to become an MP again.

She said: “What we are doing isn’t working, and it needs to change. This may be our last chance.”

Rayner, who was forced to resign last September over a tax scandal, condemned Starmer’s handling of the Peter Mandelson row, which........

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