'Teen mum from council estate' who became the deputy PM

ANGELA Rayner said “for a teenage mum from a council estate in Stockport” to serve at the highest level of government was “the honour of her life” as she resigned over her tax affairs.

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In her resignation letter, she told Sir Keir Starmer: “The challenges of government are nothing compared to the challenge of putting food on the table and getting a roof over our head when I brought up kids working as a home help.”