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Uk's Labour Party Leader Reshuffles Team Ahead Of Election

POSTED ON December 1, 2023 •   Politics      BY Segun Adewole •   VIEWS 53
In a strategic move to gear up for an anticipated election next year, Keir Starmer, the leader of Britain's Labour party, orchestrated a reshuffle of his top team. While retaining his senior shadow ministers, Starmer appointed his deputy, Angela Rayner, as the spokesperson for housing, communities, and levelling up. This reshuffle coincides with the return of parliament from its 45-day summer recess for its final full annual session before the impending general election. Labour is currently leading by double-digit margins in most polls. Rayner, known for her left-wing stance, assumed the role of deputy leader in 2020 alongside Starmer's leadership appointment, as decided by party members and registered supporters. Her journey from a background in public housing in northern England, including leaving school early and becoming a teenage mother, culminated in her becoming the first woman to represent her constituency near Manchester. Rayner's working-class roots and sometimes provocative demeanor contrast sharply with Starmer's more reserved public image, given his background as a former lawyer and head of the prosecution service. The two leaders are often seen as having a complex relationship, exacerbated by party rules that prevent Starmer from removing her from the independently elected deputy leader position. Notably, Starmer had removed Rayner from her role as party chair in 2021 following significant losses in local polls. However, he subsequently assigned her to shadow the Cabinet Office, a critical role in overseeing the engine of the UK government. In a clear indication of Labour's focus on the impending general election, Starmer stated in a weekend interview that the party had no plans to raise taxes "across the board" if they were to assume power. He explicitly ruled out increasing the current 20-percent income tax rate that the majority of Britons pay. Rishi Sunak, who assumed the role of Conservative prime minister in October of the previous year, is mandated to call an election by January 2025 at the latest. However, Sunak appears inclined to delay this decision, hoping for an improvement in the country's grim economic outlook, which has been marred by record inflation and the most severe cost-of-living crisis in a generation.
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