Keir Starmer is taking a knife to his team just days after he tried to launch a Labour 'Phase 2' following a torrid summer and consistently dire polls.

Tories call on PM to sack his deputy and ‘come clean about what he knew and when’

Rayner is the eighth and the most senior, ministerial departure from Starmer’s team and the most damaging yet.

Sir Keir Starmer is expected to carry out a wide reshuffle of his top team after Ms Rayner, 45, quit as deputy prime minister and housing secretary.

Politics is about to get much tougher for Keir Starmer.

Keir Starmer is taking a knife to his team just days after he tried to launch a Labour 'Phase 2' following a torrid summer and consistently dire polls.

Starmer has now suffered the most ministerial resignations, outside government reshuffles, of any prime minister at the beginning of their tenure in almost 50 years.

Keir Starmer has started a major cabinet reshuffle after saying he was 'very sad' Rayner's time in government had come to an end

Cabinet reshuffle today: Keir Starmer changing ministerial roles after Angela Rayner’s resignation

Deputy leadership race likely to coincide with turbulent autumn, as doubts intensify over Starmer’s job security

Reeves the only senior minister to keep her job as PM forced into major reshuffle after Rayner resigns for breaching the ministerial code

Starmer brings forward cabinet reshuffle to restore order but fallout likely to further damage party’s reputation

PM’s reshuffle attempts to seize initiative on small boats and welfare after Telegraph investigation forces his deputy to quit

Following days of bluster and misinformation, the Deputy Prime Minister finally resigned when a report by the Government's sleaze watchdog found she broke the Ministerial Code.

In an extraordinary day in politics, the Prime Minister shifted around key members of his top team after his deputy quit over her tax affairs.

The beleaguered Deputy Prime Minister finally had to quit after a sleaze inquiry found she had failed to pay up to £40,000 tax owed on a luxury seaside apartment.

Keir Starmer is turning his attention to the junior ministerial ranks after pulling the pin on a huge Cabinet overhaul yesterday in the wake of Angela Rayner's resignation.

The Labour government is “moving forward with the strongest team” following the resignation of Angela Rayner, the chief secretary to the prime minister said. Appearing on BBC…

The PM turned his attention to the junior ministerial ranks after pulling the pin on a huge Cabinet overhaul yesterday.