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  "publishedAt": "2026-04-29T20:36:12.000Z",
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  "tags": [
    "Lib Dem candidate wins legal bid after being blocked from standing as MP due to Christian beliefs",
    "Shabana Mahmood vows to ‘strain every sinew’ and tackle ‘societal issue’ after Golders Green attack",
    "Nigel Farage confirms £5million gift from donor amid 'deep fears for my personal safety'",
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  "textContent": "\n\n\nAngela Rayner is reportedly considering a leadership challenge against Keir Starmer immediately after the local elections.\n\nSupporters are said to be urging the former Deputy Prime Minister to turn against Sir Keir.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nThe local elections, which take place next Thursday, are understood to be make-or-break for the Prime Minister, as his premiership hangs in the balance.\n\nAllies of Ms Rayner claim any delay would allow opposition candidates more time to lock in support among Labour MPs, the Times reports.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nTRENDING\n\nStories\n\nVideos\n\nYour Say\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nWes Streeting, the Health Secretary, is widely seen as a favourite for the next Prime Minister.\n\nMs Rayner is currently under investigation by HM Revenue & Customs for her tax affairs.\n\nSome polls show Labour could lose up to 2,000 seats.\n\nIt is understood the rumoured leadership challenge depends on the outcome of the votes.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nIf the former Deputy Prime Minister were to make a formal challenge, it would likely take the form of a speech, interview, or statement.\n\nInsiders have claimed Ms Rayner was privately offered a return to Sir Keir Starmer's Cabinet in a final roll of the dice to stave off the potential leadership challenge.\n\nMs Rayner discussed her political future with Sir Keir during a visit to a school in Greater Manchester on April 14.\n\nOther potential leadership candidates include Andy Burnham, the Mayor of Manchester, and Ed Miliband.\n\n### LATEST DEVELOPMENTS:\n\n\n\n\n  * Lib Dem candidate wins legal bid after being blocked from standing as MP due to Christian beliefs\n  * Shabana Mahmood vows to ‘strain every sinew’ and tackle ‘societal issue’ after Golders Green attack\n  * Nigel Farage confirms £5million gift from donor amid 'deep fears for my personal safety'\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nMr Burnham was present at the conversation between Sir Keir and Ms Rayner.\n\nIt is understood that Ms Rayner is hopeful that an HMRC investigation into her tax affairs will be closed as soon as this week.\n\nSir Keir managed to face down a leadership scare last night after 15 Labour MPs rebelled on a vote to investigate him over Lord Mandelson's appointment as the UK's Ambassador to the US.\n\nThe vote would have referred him to the privileges committee, the powerful Commons ethics body that forced Boris Johnson to resign.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nAfter the Prime Minister refused to rule out demoting Chancellor Rachel Reeves, Tory leader Kemi Badenoch said: \"The former Deputy Prime Minister is on manoeuvres.\n\n\"This Government is like a bad episode of Game of Thrones. His own people have turned against him, and all the while, the Prime Minister is holed up in his castle, wetting himself about a visit from the King in the North yesterday.\n\n\"Mr Speaker, yesterday, one Labour MP actually said that his days are numbered.\"\n\nSpeaking on the potential cabinet reshuffle, Sir Keir's spokesman told the Times: \"I don’t comment on reshuffle speculation. But you’ve got what the PM said before, that she’s hugely talented and he was really sad that he lost her.\"\n\nA spokesman for Ms Rayner said: \"Angela is focused on supporting Labour candidates ahead of these crucial elections.\"\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n**\n**\n\n**\n**\n\n**Our Standards: The GB News Editorial Charter**",
  "title": "Angela Rayner considering leadership challenge against Keir Starmer immediately after local elections"
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