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Lizzy Buchan

Angela Rayner recalls 'sick feeling' of fear she couldn't pay bills as young mum

Angela Rayner described the "sick feeling" she had as a young mum over not being able to pay her bills as she blasted the Tories for failing to stamp out child poverty.

In a feisty PMQs exchange, the Labour Deputy Leader, who was a single mum at 16, said the Government was "taking a wrecking ball" to measures to help kids out of poverty.

Ms Rayner faced off against new Deputy PM Oliver Dowden, in his first stint deputising for Rishi Sunak who is travelling to the G7 summit in Japan.

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