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.
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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 deputy prime minister and shadow secretary of state for levelling-up, housing and communities.
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