Keir Starmer’s popularity ratings will bounce back, Angela Rayner insists

Angela Rayner said the PM would become more popular as the impacts of Labour’s changes began to filter through. Photograph: Christopher Thomond/The Guardian

Keir Starmer’s popularity ratings will bounce back, the deputy prime minister has insisted, saying the government would deliver material improvements to people’s lives over the next five years.

Angela Rayner said the prime minister had been underestimated before but predicted he would become more popular as the impact of the changes Labour was introducing began to be felt.