These men could do things which many others couldn’t. And the same is to be said about Labour’s deputy leader Angela Rayner. She is the woman who Keir Starmer attempted to sack but who ended ...

The party’s revised national planning policy framework (NPPF) was unveiled last week, and councils were given just 12 weeks by Angela Rayner, the Deputy Prime Minister, to start working on local ...

Angela Rayner has announced a £1 billion plan to prevent evictions and tackle homelessness. In the largest-ever investment in homelessness prevention, the government has unveiled plans to allocate ...

Have you done your Christmas shopping yet? If not, you may soon be joining the (increasingly panicked) throngs of shoppers on Britain’s high streets. But last-minute gifters beware – don’t count on ...

Angela Rayner has said she wants to see ‘the whole of England’ have regional mayors as the government sets out its plan for major devolution across the country. Metro mayors have proved ...

Angela Rayner's 'devolution revolution' will create more directly elected mayors, who will have the powers to impose a 'mayoral precept' on top of council tax for large parts of England.

Devolution will be “default in our constitution” rather than “at the whim of a minister in Whitehall”, Angela Rayner said as she launched plans to overhaul local government. Under the ...

Angela Rayner's announcement is part of a plan by Labour to strip councils of their powers to make choices and to impose reorganisation from Westminster without local consent. 'The Conservatives ...

Angela Rayner will on Monday unveil plans for new mega-councils as Labour takes on ‘nimbys’ blocking planning applications. A white paper on English devolution is expected to ask councils to ...