Labour’s gamble with local government
There is no proof that abolishing councils will work.
ByAngela Rayner
Angela Rayner is the Deputy Prime Minister, Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, and deputy leader of the Labour Party. She has been the Labour MP for Ashton-under-Lyne since 2015. 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.
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