Downing Street is blocking the public launch of Rayner’s Office for the Deputy Prime Minister. Farcical…

Rayner’s staff have been working away since 21 July in the Cabinet Office. A public launch has been penned in and delayed numerous times now by Downing Street – there is even a logo. The operations of the office were briefed to the Times for a colour piece last Friday. Labour sources point the finger at Starmer’s Principal Private Secretary Nin Pandit for acting as the block on the power base. Pandit is far from the most popular senior figure in Downing Street. A source there tells Guido she is highly abrasive with a low capacity for delivery…

Along with her ODPM office Rayner has a separate DPM’s policy unit based back in the housing department on Marsham Street with separa

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