Overview
- Both Angela Rayner and Wes Streeting, via representatives, rejected reports of any pact or agreement to run on a shared leadership ticket.
- The Telegraph reported that allies of Streeting pressed Rayner to join a 'joint ticket', with alleged incentives including a senior cabinet post, a deputy role, or even a peerage.
- In a new interview, Keir Starmer said Rayner is 'hugely talented' and confirmed she will return to his Cabinet.
- Rayner resigned in September after an ethics probe found she underpaid stamp duty, a ruling that led to her departure from multiple senior roles.
- Streeting’s spokesperson called the pact story 'completely untrue' and said his priority is navigating the NHS through winter and working to avert doctors’ strikes.