Angela Rayner and her mother have opened up about her mum’s "traumatic" battle with depression - a challenge that dominated much of the Labour deputy leadership candidate's childhood.. Ms Rayner also revealed in an interview earlier this year that she cared for her mother, who had severe depression and attempted to take an overdose when she was young. It looks like she has it in the bag, but after Monday’s criticism of Jeremy Corbyn, what does she actually stand for? Angela Rayner joins Labour deputy leadership race. Angela Rayner is the Labour MP for Ashton-under-Lyne, Droylsden and Failsworth “From the beginning of my working life I’ve always stood up for working people, first as a Trade Union rep representing care workers and then as a regional union official.

She’s ahead in the polls of party members, has over 200 constituency Labour party endorsements and the backing of unions UNISON, GMB, USDAW and the CWU. Posted at 9:07 30 Dec 2019. Launching her bid, the shadow education secretary says Labour faces a stark choice - "win or die". Angela Rayner is the frontrunner in Labour’s deputy leadership campaign. I interview Angela Rayner, the Shadow Education Secretary, for the forthcoming edition of The Spectator. Read more. I left with no GCSEs above a D,” says Angela Rayner, with a school rebel kind of a grin, as we start our interview. Angela Rayner Interview: Johnson's Brexit Lies, Corbyn's Leadership And Why Defeat Would Be 'Absolutely Devastating' "Boris has never been chastised for being a single mum. Enjoyed my interview with friends from Pink News after the LGBT+ Labour Deputy Leader hustings in Manchester tonight angelaraynerfordeputy.com Angela Rayner is perhaps the only Labour MP who works with a picture of Theresa May hanging above her desk. After speaking with Starmer in February, I spoke to the then Shadow Education Secretary, Angela Rayner, at Labour’s Birmingham election rally in December.

Angela Rayner spoke about social distancing and lockdown measures, the government’s response to coronavirus, her election as deputy leader of the Labour Party and Starmer’s as leader.