Angela Rayner is cleared as Westminster waits on Streeting
Good economic news for Rachel Reeves has been overshadowed by leadership manoeuvres
ByAngela Rayner
Angela Rayner has been the Labour MP for Ashton-under-Lyne since 2015. Until September 2025, she was the deputy prime minister, secretary of state for housing, communities and local government, and deputy leader of the Labour Party. Rayner, born in 1980, formerly 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.
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