Future Rayner comeback is not off table but her exit has deeply damaged Labour

Published on September 5, 2025 at 05:20 PM
Future Rayner comeback is not off table but her exit has deeply damaged Labour

Deputy leadership race likely to coincide with turbulent autumn, as doubts intensify over Starmer’s job security

At 9.30am on Monday morning, as MPs made their way back to Westminster, Keir Starmer gathered the entire staff of No 10 in the Pillared Room of Downing Street to tell them they were about to enter the next, delivery stage of government.

“We go into phase two in good spirits, confident and with conviction,” he told them, as some of those gathered shuffled awkwardly. His remarks, after all, followed a difficult summer during which Labour vacated the pitch to Reform UK and ahead of what is likely to be an even more turbulent autumn.

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