Government Confirms Rayner Has No Cabinet Office ‘Power Base’ – Guido Fawkes

Government Confirms Rayner Has No Cabinet Office ‘Power Base’

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Back when allies of Angela Rayner were keenly briefing that she had not one but two power bases in government – MHCLG and the Cabinet Office – they claimed “that her office is closest to the door that links the Cabinet Office to No 10 and that she has Cabinet Office officials supporting her.” Room 111 in 70 Whitehall – described as a “dark” room between the tea station and bathrooms…

Guido was reliably informed Rayner doesn’t use the office much. Now that’s been confirmed by the government. The Tories have been mercilessly tabling written parliamentary questions on Rayner’s supposed Cabinet Office power base. After it was previously confirmed the DPM had no staff working as part of her alternative bastion of political power, Kevin Hollinrake asked if Rayner had been using the room at all in the last six months. According to ministers that info “isn’t held.” Answer = no…