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What does Angela Rayner's resignation mean for Labour?

Angela Rayner has resigned as Deputy Prime Minister following revelations that she failed to pay the correct tax on a new home. But what does her departure mean for Keir Starmer, the Labour Party, and the future of the government? In today’s episode of The Fourcast, Krishnan Guru-Murthy is joined by Tom Baldwin, former Labour communications chief, Guardian columnist Zoe Williams and Sir Craig Oliver, ex-Director of Communications for David Cameron, to unpack the political fallout and what it means for Labour’s leadership.

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  Francesca Albanese: ‘the truth’ behind Gaza’s ‘precarious’ ceasefire

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  Russia’s ambassador: what Putin really wants from Trump’s peace deal

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  How China could beat America in tech war

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  Hong Kong fire: bamboo scaffolding or corruption?

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  Booming or breaking? The truth about Russia’s war economy

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  Polanski v Farage: Is the political centre in Britain dead?

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  Wealth tax vs tax cuts: how to fix the UK economy?

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  Trump's peace plan is to 'surrender' - Ukrainian filmmaker Mstyslav Chernov

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  'A culture of cover-up': the NHS maternity crisis exposed

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  Starmer vs Streeting: inside the Labour meltdown

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  BBC crisis: right-wing coup or bias crackdown?

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  Mamdani and Polanski: can a new left undo Trump’s climate reversal?

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  China US Trade 'breakthrough': Who blinked first?

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  Is immigration pushing Labour toward electoral wipeout?

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  Is UK government complicit in the destruction of Gaza?

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  Could the Ukraine Russia war ever go nuclear? - Serhii Plokhi