The Latest Breaking News from Angela Rayner

Work doesn’t pay. Labour will fix that

Squeezed pay has forced too many working people to use food banks, say Labour frontbenchers Angela Rayner and Rachel Reeves

The Guardian - UK · Aug 19, 2022

Labour sets out plan to link minimum wage to cost of living

Exclusive: earnings of lowest-paid could rise by £832; lower rates for 18- to 22-year-olds to be scrapped

The Guardian - UK · Aug 19, 2022

Liz Truss report demanded vast cuts and £10 fee to see GP - 'true colours' in full

Liz Truss' campaign have distanced her from the eye-popping suggestions she co-authored in 2009, from axing 'gimmick' pensioner payments to hiking the pension age and building fewer hospitals. Here's what the report said

Daily Mirror · Aug 19, 2022

Labour attacks ‘jobs for mates’ as bill for Tory special advisers rises to record £12.7m

Exclusive: ‘More advisers than ever – but no plan to tackle the cost of living crisis,’ says Angela Rayner

The Independent UK · Aug 13, 2022

Boris Johnson's government employs most political advisers of any in history

The outgoing Prime Minister was accused of charging taxpayers for "bad advice" - as Angela Rayner said his “inefficient, jobs-for-mates Government, with no plans to tackle the cost of living crisis despite the huge resource to do it”

Daily Mirror · Aug 13, 2022

Labour Calls For Cobra Meeting As Temperatures Surge

Labour has called for a COBRA meeting to discuss the impact of the prolonged heatwave on water supplies across the country.Speaking on Saturday, deputy leader, Angela Rayner has called on the Government to act amid fears drought conditions may last until next year.With drought conditions declared across eight regions, Ms…

Evening Standard · Aug 13, 2022

Drought creating 'dust bowl Britain' warns Labour as it calls for urgent COBRA response

The UK faces its second heatwave in a matter of weeks this weekend with hundreds of homes having lost water supply this morning, as Deputy Labour Leader Angela Rayner calls on the Prime Minister to act

Daily Mirror · Aug 13, 2022

Labour calls for COBRA meeting as temperatures surge

Eight regions in the UK have been placed in drought conditions

Evening Standard · Aug 13, 2022

Sir Keir Starmer calls Boris Johnson rude nickname at Edinburgh Fringe

The Labour leader also said it is "nonsense" to claim his party has not been leading on the cost-of-living crisis.

Daily Record · Aug 12, 2022

‘Nonsense’ to say Labour has not been leading on cost of living – Starmer

The Labour leader used a swear word when pressed to come up with a nickname for Boris Johnson.

The Independent UK · Aug 12, 2022