Rayner finally breaks silence after resignation
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Wednesday, October 22, 2025 |
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Angela Rayner kickstarted her political comeback this afternoon with a speech to MPs in which she vowed to "fight" on behalf of others.
Her address to the Commons was, in fact, her belated resignation speech – delivered weeks after she stepped down as deputy prime minister over unpaid tax.
Long tipped as a potential future successor to Keir Starmer, it was significant that last month Wes Streeting, the health secretary, received a roar of approval from the Labour faithful at party conference when he paid tribute to her and said: "We need her back."
In her speech, she said she would "fight with everything I have" to change the lives of others – whether from the government's frontbench or the backbenches.
She told MPs: "When I think back about how far I've come, I remember when, at age 16, I was pregnant with my child, needing a job and a home.
"People wrote me off, assumed that I would be on benefits for the whole of my life, but I wanted to prove them wrong. I've carried that with me – whether it's on these benches, at the despatch box, or representing this country abroad."
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