"Keir Starmer has predicted that Angela Rayner will return to the cabinet, calling his former deputy, who resigned in September after underpaying stamp duty on a property purchase, hugely talented. In an interview with the Observer, the prime minister described Rayner, who left school aged 16 without any qualifications, as the best social mobility story this country has ever seen."
"Rayner resigned as deputy prime minister and housing secretary after Starmer's ethics adviser, Sir Laurie Magnus, found she had breached the ministerial code over her underpayment of stamp duty on a flat in Hove. Magnus said Rayner had acted with integrity but that her failure to get sufficient advice on how much stamp duty she had to pay amounted to a breach of the code."
"Asked in the interview if he missed Rayner, Starmer replied: Yes, of course I do. I was really sad that we lost her. As I said to her at the time, she's going to be a major voice in the Labour movement. Asked if she would return to cabinet, the PM said: Yes. She's hugely talented. That is more definitive than anything Starmer has previously said, even if an imminent return would be complicated by the finding that she had breached the ministerial code."
Keir Starmer predicted Angela Rayner will return to the cabinet and called her hugely talented. He described Rayner, who left school aged 16 without qualifications, as the best social mobility story the country has ever seen. Rayner resigned as deputy prime minister and housing secretary after ethics adviser Sir Laurie Magnus found she had breached the ministerial code over underpaying stamp duty on a flat in Hove. Magnus said she acted with integrity but that failure to obtain sufficient advice on stamp duty amounted to a breach. Starmer said he missed Rayner and called her a major voice; she has kept a low profile and dropped plans to table an amendment to the workers' rights bill after conversations.
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