Against a backdrop of financial markets already nervy about the scale of public borrowing, the combination of Rayner’s long ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ms Rayner resigned last year after she admitted she did not pay enough stamp duty on the purchase of her £800,000 seaside flat.

Angela Rayner was asked in a TV interview, when she was deputy PM, if she would ever want the top job. 'Not a chance,' she replied with a smile. 'It would age me by ten years within six months.' It's ...

Angela Rayner has announced she is writing a memoir as rumours swirl over Keir Starmer's future as Labour leader. The former deputy PM has signed up to pen an 'authentic' book about her rise from ...