Rise and fall of teenage mum from Stockport

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.

- By Steph Spyro Deputy Political Editor

She quit as Deputy Prime Minister, and Housing, Communities and Local Government Secretary yesterday.

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.”

Ms Rayner, 45, grew up on a rundown council estate in Stockport in Greater Manchester.