Category: Angela Rayner

Angela Rayner is a British Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Ashton-under-Lyne since 2015. She is currently the Shadow Secretary of State for Education and Shadow Minister for Women and Equalities.

Rayner was born in Stockport and grew up in a working-class family. She left school at 16 and worked in a variety of jobs before becoming a trade union official. She was elected to the Labour Party National Executive Committee in

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