- Angela Rayner issued a critical statement following Labour's historic defeat in the local elections, urging Sir Keir Starmer to implement significant changes.
- She asserted that the party's current approach “isn’t working” and that this “may be our last chance” to alter its direction.
- Rayner highlighted the cost-of-living crisis as a primary concern for voters and warned against Labour becoming a party for the well-off rather than working people.
- She proposed a range of policy shifts, including immediate measures to reduce household costs, Fair Pay Agreements, increased social housing, and greater public ownership of services.
- Rayner also criticised the decision to block Andy Burnham as a Labour candidate, advocating for the party to embrace successful local agendas and bring its “best players into Parliament”.
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