People Care About Their Own Jobs.. Not My Job

Rayner’s bullish message after election fall-out

- Pippa Crerar 

Angela Rayner insisted the public “don’t care about my job, they care about their jobs” as she battles to move Labour on from the damaging fall-out of last week’s elections.

Labour’s deputy leader will appear alongside Keir Starmer at a series of joint public visits across the country as they put on a united front after a botched reshuffle.

After a bruising few days, she admitted the party – and its leader – failed to articulate what it stood for. Instead of “fluffy language”, Labour needs to promise decent, secure jobs that pay enough for a home and look after family.

In her first interview since the votes, Ms Rayner admitted she found it “difficult” after being initially sacked from her role, then given a brief to set out Labour’s plans and take on the Tories.