Archive: 2025 / 09

For the first time since 2007, Labour will elect a deputy while in power. Angela Rayner’s resignation over unpaid stamp duty leaves a political and policy gap, and opens a factional test for Keir Starmer’s government. The race is likely to split between a left or soft-left candidate and a centrist. Members and unions will shape the outcome, and the result could nudge the government’s direction.