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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Patrick Daly

Angela Rayner denounces Tory ‘smears’ about claims she ‘distracts’ the PM

PA Media

Angela Rayner has accused Tory MPs of using anonymous briefings to spread “desperate, perverted smears” about her by claiming she has sought to distract the Prime Minister provocatively in the Commons.

Boris Johnson, in a show of support for the deputy Labour leader, said he “deplored the misogyny directed at her anonymously”.

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