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Left-wing Labour MPs split on Angela Rayner's future amid leadership speculation
Labour's left is split over whether Angela Rayner can unite support for a leadership challenge amid doubts over her tax scandal and public appeal.
- Many Labour MPs privately say a leadership challenge now looks increasingly inevitable, while Angela Rayner addressed the revived soft-left tribune group on Tuesday and one MP said she has `absolutely no plans` to run.
- A sustained credibility problem stems from Angela Rayner's resignation a few months ago after an ethics investigation into her flat purchase and underpaid stamp duty, while voters on the doorstep cite the winter fuel fiasco aiding Reform UK.
- Any challenger would need the public backing of 80 Labour parliamentary colleagues to trigger a contest, while Angela Rayner introduced the Employment Rights Bill within 100 days and pushed reforms on renters rights, leasehold and devolution.
- May local elections are a potential crunch that could accelerate leadership talk, but many Labour MPs warn centre-right replacements would offer only a temporary poll boost without a change of direction.
- MPs have recently revived the soft-left tribune group to push the government in a more progressive direction, with alternatives including Andy Burnham, Wes Streeting, Shabana Mahmood and Ed Miliband.
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