Deputy PM backs decision to hire Simon Walker from taxpayer’s pocket despite having criticised Tory spending on photographers ...

Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner has defended the decision to hire a personal photographer on a taxpayer-funded salary of ...

Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner has defended using a £68,000-a-year photographer paid for by the taxpayer as she insists ...

Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner has said she is “trying to strike the balance” of her job with a taxpayer-funded ...

Boris Johnson hailed the late Queen Elizabeth as the “most impressive” person he has ever met and said she made his three years as Prime Minister “bearable” in a new interview. The former ...

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Protecting wildlife shouldn't come at the expense of building more homes, Angela Rayner has said. Last week, Sir Keir Starmer pledged to build 1.5 million homes and fast-track planning decisions ...

Marks and Spencer will be able to bulldoze and rebuild its Oxford Street store after Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner gives the plan her approval. Ms Rayner, who also serves as Secretary of ...

Speaker Mike Johnson is holding a press conference ahead of GOP lawmakers’ high-stakes meeting with Tesla CEO Elon Musk and biotech entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy, who were tapped by President ...

Anegla Rayner is to declare war on “NIMBYs” with radical changes to stop residents blocking new developments including housing. The Deputy Prime Minister will take decisions out of the hands ...

Angela Rayner vowed to go to war with Nimbys today saying the UK needed to build homes on a scale not seen since the 1950s. The Housing Secretary vowed to 'streamline' planning rules for new homes ...

Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner has been warned that her workers' rights overhaul could lead to a number of people losing their jobs. The Labour Government's policy will see sick workers claim ...