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Your support makes all the difference.<\/strong>Read more<\/p>\n Sir Keir Starmer is expected to make further changes to his top team in the wake of Angela Rayner\u2019s resignation, as part of a major cabinet reshuffle. <\/a><\/p>\n It comes as his chief secretary Darren Jones denied that Labour were in crisis, and rebuffed Nigel Farage\u2019s prediction that there would be a general election in 2027. <\/a><\/p>\n Asked if Rayner\u2019s resignation over her tax affairs would cause a split in the party, Mr Jones said: \u201cNigel Farage is wrong there. The Labour Party is not going to split and there won\u2019t be an early election.\u201d<\/p>\n Starmer moved quickly to appoint David Lammy deputy prime minister while Yvette Cooper has been moved from home secretary to take up a new role <\/a>as foreign secretary, with justice secretary Shabana Mahmood replacing her at the Home Office.<\/p>\n Mr Lammy also becomes justice secretary as well as deputy PM.<\/a> Lucy Powell, the leader of the House of Commons, and Scottish secretary Ian Murray have been sacked from their roles. In total, a dozen cabinet positions were changed during the reshuffle.<\/p>\n The prime minister\u2019s reshuffle comes after Ms Rayner stepped down after ethics adviser Sir Laurie Magnus found that she had breached the ministerial code over her underpayment of stamp duty on her \u00a3800,000 flat in Hove, East Sussex.<\/p>\n UK politics live: Key points<\/a>Nigel Farage’s tax affairs are ‘irrelevant’ to voters, says Reform UK deputy <\/p>\n Nigel Farage\u2019s tax affairs are \u201cirrelevant\u201d to voters, according to Reform UK MP Richard Tice.<\/p>\n Mr Tice was asked whether the Reform UK leader would address questions over his partner buying his constituency home in Clacton.<\/p>\n He told Times Radio: \u201cI\u2019m pleased to confirm I\u2019m not his tax adviser. You\u2019ll have to speak to them.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s irrelevant to what voters are concentrating on, which is our messaging, which is the message of hope. We can get out of this nightmare that we\u2019re in.\u201d <\/p>\n Holly Evans6 September 2025 09:17<\/p>\n <\/a>Labour does not have an ethics problem, says minister <\/p>\n Darren Jones has denied the Labour Government has an \u201cethics problem\u201d, saying that when such issues \u201cinevitably\u201d come up, there is a system to deal with them.<\/p>\n Asked whether the Government had an ethics problem the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster told BBC Breakfast: \u201cNo, and let me tell you why.<\/p>\n \u201cThis Labour Government strengthened the ethics framework for ministers, and this week has shown that that process is working.\u201d<\/p>\n He added: \u201cThis is an example of a proper ethics framework, independently led in practice, so that when these issues inevitably do come up, the public can be reassured and have confidence in the system.\u201d<\/p>\n Holly Evans6 September 2025 09:12<\/p>\n <\/a>Minister denies Yvette Cooper demoted due to immigration issues <\/p>\n Darren Jones has rejected suggestions Yvette Cooper had been moved out of the Home Office because she was failing to get a grip on immigration.<\/p>\n Asked whether this was the reason she had been moved to the Foreign Office, the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster told Sky News: \u201cNo, not at all.\u201d<\/p>\n He said Ms Cooper had achieved a \u201chuge diplomatic win\u201d in securing the returns deal with France and would be \u201cbrilliant\u201d as Foreign Secretary.<\/p>\n Holly Evans6 September 2025 08:59<\/p>\n <\/a>Who is David Lammy? <\/p>\n David Lammy, 53, has been the Labour MP for Tottenham since 2000 and is one of the party\u2019s longest-serving parliamentarians. <\/p>\n Born to Guyanese parents in north London, Lammy studied law at SOAS and went on to become the first Black Briton to study at Harvard Law School. He went on to be employed as an attorney before pivoting for a career in politics. <\/p>\n He has previously held ministerial positions under Tony Blair and Gordon Brown, which included minister for culture and held various prominent roles in the shadow cabinet. <\/p>\n Upon Labour winning the general election in July 2024, he was appointed Foreign Secretary until this week\u2019s reshuffle. He has now been named the deputy prime minister and justice secretary, one of the most influential roles within the cabinet. <\/p>\n During his 25 years as an MP, Lammy has been particularly recognised for his work on social justice and racial equality, most notably through the 2017 Lammy Review, which examined racial disparities in the UK criminal justice system.<\/p>\n Holly Evans6 September 2025 08:37<\/p>\n <\/a>Chief secretary to Starmer insists there will not be an early election<\/p>\n There will not be an early election, Darren Jones has said.<\/p>\n Asked about Reform UK leader Nigel Farage\u2019s suggestion that Angela Rayner\u2019s resignation would open up internal Labour splits and prompt a general election as early as 2027, the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster told Sky News: \u201cNigel Farage is wrong there.<\/p>\n \u201cThe Labour Party is not going to split and there won\u2019t be an early election.\u201d<\/p>\n Holly Evans6 September 2025 08:26<\/p>\n <\/a>Darren Jones denies Labour government being in crisis <\/p>\n Sir Keir Starmer had wanted to carry out his reshuffle on a \u201cslightly slower timetable\u201d, but it was \u201cbrought forward as a consequence of the former deputy prime minister (Angela Rayner) resigning\u201d, Darren Jones has said.<\/p>\n After it was put to Mr Jones that the Government was in crisis and \u201cripping it all up and starting again\u201d, the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster told Sky News: \u201cNo \u2013 so, I came into work on Monday after the summer recess.<\/p>\n \u201cI was put into this new role as Chief Secretary to the Prime Minister. I\u2019ve been alongside him this week in Number 10 and the Prime Minister was very clear on Monday that coming back into this new term, this was the start of the second chapter of the Labour Government.\u201d<\/p>\n He added: \u201cThe fact is, the Prime Minister had been planning to do a reshuffle on a slightly slower timetable, and started to think about putting the ministers he wanted in the places to really drive on delivering reform in line with the public\u2019s priorities.<\/p>\n \u201cAnd that was accelerated and brought forward as a consequence of the former deputy prime minister resigning.\u201d<\/p>\n Holly Evans6 September 2025 08:20<\/p>\n <\/a>‘People make mistakes’, says cabinet minister over Rayner tax affairs <\/p>\n Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster Darren Jones said that \u201cpeople make mistakes\u201d as he was questioned about the number of ministers who have already left the Government within a year in power.<\/p>\n Pressed on Labour\u2019s promise to be different from the last government, he told Sky News: \u201cHumans are humans, people have pasts, they make mistakes.<\/p>\n \u201cThese things happen. The important point is the system works, so that when these things do happen, as was the case with Angela Rayner and her stamp duty liability, the process kicks in, it\u2019s an independent view, there\u2019s a very clear view of whether the ministerial code has been breached or not, and if it has, there are obvious consequences.\u201d<\/p>\n Holly Evans6 September 2025 08:09<\/p>\n <\/a>Resident pays for council to clean graffiti outside Angela Rayner\u2019s flat<\/p>\n A resident has paid for the cleanup of graffiti outside Angela Rayner\u2019s seaside flat in Hove, the council has said.<\/p>\n The word \u201cbitch\u201d along with a much larger sign saying \u201ctax evader!\u201d were pictured on a white wall on the outside of the home earlier this week, after it emerged that Ms Rayner admitted underpaying stamp duty on the property.<\/p>\n Ms Rayner quit as deputy prime minister, housing secretary and deputy Labour leader on Friday following an official probe into the admission.<\/p>\n The Prime Minister and Ms Rayner both condemned the vandalism, and a Brighton and Hove City Council spokesperson said on Friday: \u201cDue to security concerns, and in line with our policy of removal of offensive graffiti, we have removed graffiti reported in Hove. This has been paid for by a resident.\u201d<\/p>\n Ms Rayner\u2019s spokesperson has called the vandalism \u201ctotally unjustifiable and beyond the pale\u201d and said it is a matter for the police.<\/p>\n Across the road from her seafront flat, \u201cTax evader Rayner\u201d and \u201cRayner tax avoidance\u201d were graffitied on construction chipboard.<\/p>\n Holly Evans6 September 2025 07:57<\/p>\n![\"Sir](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/ece062846c3e2aace0b60d12c430ad54Y29udGVudHNlYXJjaGFwaSwxNzU3MTkyNTc0-2.81250930.jpg\")
Sir Keir Starmer will hope to draw a line under the row over Angela Rayner\u2019s tax affairs after reshuffling his Cabinet. (Jordan Pettitt\/PA) (PA Wire)<\/p>\n![\"David](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/ed62126e400e9cca8fc49d36fec8ab2fY29udGVudHNlYXJjaGFwaSwxNzU3MTk0MzQ2-2.81492985.jpg\")
David Lammy has been named Justice Secretary and Deputy Prime Minister (Jonathan Brady\/PA) (PA Wire)<\/p>\n![\"Newly-appointed](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/381de4ad153696364da5eec243479e0bY29udGVudHNlYXJjaGFwaSwxNzU3MTc4ODk5-2.81493702.jpg\")
Newly-appointed Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Chief Secretary to the Prime Minister Darren Jones denies government being in crisis (James Manning\/PA) (PA Wire)<\/p>\n![\"Graffiti](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/53650fb19e9fc942d6e845c6cb25ff0bY29udGVudHNlYXJjaGFwaSwxNzU3MTk4OTg1-2.81476578.jpg\")
Graffiti outside the apartment building in Hove, East Sussex (Gareth Fuller\/PA) (PA Wire)<\/p>\n
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Reform UK leader Nigel Farage waves to the audience after his speech at the party\u2019s annual conference (Jacob King\/PA) (PA Wire)<\/p>\n