PMQs review: Angela Rayner spared by calamity Kemi
The Tory leader has fumbled yet another easy catch.
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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