PMQs: Angela Rayner reads Dominic Raab his eulogy
The Labour deputy leader showed the power of her party’s focus on failures to tackle violence against women.
ByAngela Rayner
Angela Rayner is the Labour MP for Ashton-under-Lyne and deputy leader of the Labour Party. Rayner, born in 1980, has a background in social care; she has worked as a care worker, has been a trade union representative with Unison and was appointed as party chair and national campaign coordinator for the 2021 local elections. She holds the roles of shadow minister for the Cabinet Office and Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, and shadow secretary of state for the future of work.
Labour’s Bolton selection row puts Rayner and Starmer allies at odds
There is outrage over the exclusion of Leigh Drennan, an ally of the party’s deputy leader, from the Bolton North…
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PMQs: Dominic Raab on the ropes
In a battle of the deputies, Angela Rayner struggled to capitalise on bullying claims against the Deputy Prime Minister.
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Iain Dale’s Diary: My week at the Edinburgh Fringe, and a spellbinding chat with Angela Rayner
Still recovering from a bad fall, I hosted live podcast shows at the festival wearing a rather magnificent burgundy suit.
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Nadhim Zahawi quietly omits his links to Jeffrey Archer
Your weekly dose of gossip from around Westminster.
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What Dominic Raab missed about Angela Rayner at Glyndebourne
Conservative class warfare is out of date.
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Angela Rayner: “The Tories fear me because I say it how I see it”
As deputy Labour leader, she has proved both an asset and a liability. Is she destined to lead her party?
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PMQs: Dominic Raab and Angela Rayner leave a stale taste
The two deputies offered nothing to inspire as they dragged up embarrassing quotations from their opponent’s past.
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