Union chief calls for Angela Rayner to replace Keir Starmer or risk defeat to Reform UK

2026-02-12 - 18:15

Exclusive: General secretary of transport and travel union wants Rayner to take charge before Gorton and Denton byelection UK politics live – latest updates The head of a Labour-affiliated union has called for Angela Rayner to replace Keir Starmer, warning the prime minister risks leading his party into a heavy election defeat to Nigel Farage’s Reform UK. Maryam Eslamdoust, the general secretary of the Transport Salaried Staffs’ Association (TSSA), told the Guardian she wanted the former deputy prime minister to take charge after this month’s Gorton and Denton byelection. Continue reading...