Cabinet crowd into Commons for Rayner's resignation speech
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Angela Rayner: The last few weeks have been incredibly tough
Senior Labour figures packed into the Commons as ex-deputy prime minister Angela Rayner gave her resignation speech, a month after admitting she underpaid stamp duty. Rayner said the past few weeks had been "incredibly tough" on her family, but said she will "take responsibility" for her mistake. The Commons was packed with Cabinet ministers including - including Rachel Reeves, David Lammy and Bridget Phillipson, but not Sir Keir Starmer - as Rayner called for Labour to be "bold" in power.
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