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UK House of Commons leader Powell fired by PM Starmer
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Posted on September 5, 2025
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Published by Global Banking and Finance Review
Posted on September 5, 2025
1 min readLast updated: January 22, 2026
Lucy Powell was dismissed as UK Commons leader by PM Starmer amid a reshuffle following Angela Rayner's resignation over a tax error.
LONDON (Reuters) -Lucy Powell, the leader of Britain's House of Commons, was sacked by Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Friday as part of a wider government reshuffle triggered by Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner's resignation over a tax error.
Powell said Starmer had told her he intended to replace her with a new Commons leader.
"This has not been an easy time for the government. People want to see change and improvements to their difficult lives," Powell said in a statement on social media platform X.
She was first appointed to the position - mainly responsible for organising government business in parliament - after the Labour Party's landslide election win in July, 2024. Labour has since fallen behind Nigel Farage's populist Reform UK Party in opinion polls.
Scotland minister Ian Murray also left government, according to a statement he posted on X.
(Reporting by Muvija M, editing by William James)
Lucy Powell, the leader of Britain's House of Commons, was sacked by Prime Minister Keir Starmer.
Powell stated that Starmer had informed her of his intention to replace her with a new Commons leader.
She was first appointed to the position after the Labour Party's landslide election win in July 2024.
Powell noted that it has not been an easy time for the government and that people want to see change and improvements.
Scotland minister Ian Murray also left the government, as indicated in a statement he posted on social media.
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