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DARK SECRETS: 36 - The Real Truth

Angela Rayner’s critique of Labour’s performance is short on solutions

THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: With her characteristically blunt assessment of her government’s first year in office, the deputy prime minister has only added to the simmering tensions within the country at large over migration. She ought to know better than to play into the hands of those who would exploit…

The Independent UK

Why Angela Rayner’s comments on summer riots are part of a power play

NEWS ANALYSIS: The deputy prime minister’s dramatic intervention came at a time when her stock is rising in Keir Starmer’s government, notes David Maddox

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Police fears over summer riots as forces already ‘stretched to the maximum’

Essex Police have already spent £100,000 policing unrest in Epping as they’re forced to draft in support from neighbouring forces after the protests turned ugly

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False online rumours spark protests outside Canary Wharf hotel earmarked for migrants

Protesters gathered at the site in London after posts claimed migrants were being moved there from the Bell Hotel in Epping, Essex

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Rayner’s comments on summer riots spark criticism

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OPINION - If you don't want asylum seekers staying in hotels, ask yourself this simple question

On the bright side, the Government has registered that immigration levels are a problem. The Deputy Prime Minster, Angela Rayner, has warned that immigration is having a “profound impact on society” and that the Government must register “real concerns” about the impact that rapid demographic change is having on society.

Evening Standard

Angela Rayner made ‘a big mistake’ over riots warning, Michael Gove claims

The former communities secretary has warned that the comments made by the deputy prime minister make the government look as though ‘it is at the mercy of events’

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Kemi Badenoch plays down prospect of leadership coup after Tory reshuffle

The New Statesman reported that many MPs who backed Mrs Badenoch in the last leadership contest have privately turned on her.

Evening Standard

James Cleverly takes immediate swipe at Sadiq Khan on London housing crisis on return to Tory frontbench

But the new shadow housing secretary described Angela Rayner as ‘formidable’

Evening Standard

Children face two-hour limits on Snapchat and TikTok as government cracks down on ‘compulsive’ screen time

Labour deputy prime minister Angela Rayner warned that increasing time spent online is having a ‘profound impact’ on British society

The Independent UK

Cleverly: Starmer more interested in housing asylum seekers than hard workers

Sir James, a former home and foreign secretary, has returned to the Tory front bench.

Evening Standard

Tories say Starmer has a ‘disconnect from reality’ over housing asylum seekers – as it happened

Newly appointed shadow housing secretary James Cleverly says there is no excuse for recent riots but government is making a difficult situation worse

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Keir Starmer fears repeat of summer riots after violent clashes outside Epping asylum hotel

The Labour leader said it was vital Britain’s ‘social fabric’ was healed amid a series of protests outside taxpayer-funded hotels housing asylum seekers

Evening Standard

MPs call for local authorities to be handed control of council tax

A select committee report said the link between tax and the quality of services is broken and risks undermining democracy.

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Local authorities should be given greater powers over ‘unfair’ council tax, MPs warn

Council tax bill rises hit 5 per cent in April for the third year in a row, as almost all councils increased bills up to, or close to, the maximum permitted

Evening Standard

Badenoch and Cleverly attack Labour housing record after Tory reshuffle

The shadow housing secretary promised that ‘under Kemi’s leadership, I am ready to lead the fight’ over new homes in the capital.

Evening Standard

Badenoch vows ‘mission of renewal’ as Cleverly returns in Tory reshuffle

The former foreign secretary will shadow Angela Rayner in the housing, communities and local government brief.

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Immigration and deprivation causing UK public to lose faith in politicians, says Rayner

Deputy PM says government must show it is helping people amid concerns about potential for more riots in England

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Address immigration concerns or face more riots, Rayner tells Starmer

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Rayner warns Starmer UK faces another summer of riots if Labour fails to deliver

The deputy prime minister makes a dramatic intervention over the need for the Labour government to ‘show it can address people’s concerns’

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Voices: With her Tory reshuffle, what is Kemi Badenoch really up to?

COMMENT: To prop up her team, the Conservatives’ vulnerable leader had little choice but to ‘hug’ one of her previous rivals close – and she was right to keep Robert Jenrick at arm’s length, argues John Rentoul

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Angela Rayner battles Rachel Reeves over England tourist tax

The deputy prime minister is reportedly pushing for increased council powers

Evening Standard

Rayner: Time spent online and immigration having ‘profound impact’ on society

Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner told Cabinet colleagues immigration and increasing time spent online are having a ‘profound impact on society’.

Evening Standard

Cleverly set to return to Tory front bench as shadow housing secretary

Sir James served in the foreign office and as home secretary when the Conservatives were in power.

Evening Standard

No plans for England tourism tax, No 10 insists, after claims Rayner backed one

The Deputy Prime Minister has reportedly been pushing for councils to be allowed to introduce a tax on tourism in their areas.

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