Rayner says she has been cleared over tax affairs, paving way for any leadership bid

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[RandFan]

Chancellor Rachel Reeves says in an exclusive interview on BBC Breakfast that any Labour leadership contest would "plunge the country into chaos"

It comes as Angela Rayner, seen as a potential challenger to PM Keir Starmer, says she has been cleared by HMRC of wrongdoing over her tax affairs

The former deputy prime minister says she had been "exonerated" of the accusation she had "deliberately sought to avoid tax"

On Wednesday, allies of Health Secretary Wes Streeting said they expected him to launch a challenge as soon as today

Starmer is battling to save his job after four ministers quit and dozens of Labour MPs urged him to resign after last week's heavy election losses

Any leadership challengers would need the support of 81 MPs to trigger a contest under Labour Party rules - how this process works

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[RandFan]

Starmer looks finished. I think they have the numbers to depose him. They're just trying to decide who with.

The system is rigged to make it difficult . Like Democrat super delegates. Trade unions and affiliates have a say, along with local parties but the process appears underway

[srmanuel]

From what I’ve read, Angela Rayner would make Kier Starmer look like a competent Thatcher conservative.

She’s supposedly a better fit with the Green party of communists.

[mewzilla]

Their Deep State will install another POTATUS analog.

I hope there is a huge turnout for the May 16 rally.