Angela Rayner could mount Labour leadership bid after she’s cleared over tax affairs

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Former Deputy Prime Minister of the Labour party, Angela Rayner, delivers a speech during Labour's North West Regional Conference at the Titanic Hotel on January 25, 2026 in Liverpool, England. The 2026 regional conference serves as a key gathering for over 60 Labour-held seats in the North West and a significant portion of the party's membership. Rayner addresses the Labour North West regional conference as a back bench MP after stepping down from her ministerial positions last year over tax irregularities. In her speech she encourages party members to "fight back for the soul of this country" from Nigel Farage and Reform UK at the local elections on May 7. (Photo by Ryan Jenkinson/Getty Images)

Angela Rayner stood down as Keir Starmer’s deputy in September (Picture: Getty Images Europe)

Former Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner could have a shot at taking her boss’s job.

She said today that HMRC has cleared her of any wrongdoing over her tax affairs, a saga widely seen as her biggest roadblock to becoming PM.

Rayner stood down as Keir Starmer’s deputy in September after admitting she underpaid stamp duty on her £800,000 seaside flat in Hove.

The Ashton-under-Lyne MP did not rule out throwing her hat into the ring as Starmer fights to save his premiership after the disastrous local election results.

Rayner told The Guardian: ‘I’ll play my part in doing everything we possibly can to deliver the change, because it’s not a personal ambition, I know the difference it makes.’

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