Rayner praises Burnham's plans for No 10 North as she slams Keir Starmer
“By avoiding structural change, we risk confirming the right-wing populists’ narrative that ‘the establishment can only do more of the same.”She added Labour would fail to conquer Reform's Nigel Farage with "caution".Rayner warned there was “institutional resistance” to devolution in Whitehall, and called for Labour to “break away from the command and control culture of Whitehall that has held us back for too long”.Rayner is due to return to frontline politics after HMRC closed its investigation into her tax affairs, concluding that she will not face a penalty charge.Despite being previously mooted as a leadership contender, the MP for Ashton-under-Lyne is understood to covet a return to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government where she would be tasked with managing Burnham’s devolution plans.
