The Latest Breaking News from Angela Rayner

It’s hard not to admire Angela Rayner. Her backstory is almost cinematic – bullied kid growing up poor in Stockport, Manchester, told she would never amount to anything, illiterate mentally ill mother who she cared for from the age of ten. Pregnant at 16, deputy leader of the Labour Party…

Shadow foreign secretary says deputy Labour leader has party’s support and has done nothing wrong

Opposition leader says some commitments were made before ‘the Tories did enormous damage to the economy’

Keir Starmer expected to accuse Conservatives of failing on levelling up and ‘preying’ on hopes of voters

MP James Daly asked Greater Manchester police to examine claims Labour’s deputy leader did not declare main residence accurately

Could she still win? Plus Police at the Garrick

The 25-year-old pay floor is justly celebrated but doesn’t tackle issues that mean exploitation and misery for many

She’s blunt, bolshie and terrifies the Tories. But if Labour gets into government, the deputy leader will be one of the most powerful women in Britain. Bring it on, she says

Campaigner for Women Against State Pension Inequality says PM has power to bring legislation before parliament