I’ve become accustomed to the question: ‘You come from a council estate in Liverpool, so why aren’t you a Labour MP?’ My reply is always the same. I am a Tory MP because of Margaret Thatcher.

In footage shared on social media, both Ms Rayner and Jonathan Reynolds, Labour’s shadow business secretary, were filmed sitting in a police vehicle.

Angela Rayner stressed that the party has ‘one aim’ as she rallied activists at conference in Liverpool.

HENRY DEEDES: Whether it’s a browbeaten deputy headmaster or a put-upon sous-chef, you can be sure it’s the Number 2 that gets the short end of the stick.

The 42-year-old leapt at the chance to play some N-Trance at the charity event last night to raise funds for a scheme to support to those living on the streets of Greater Manchester.

Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer and his deputy Angela Rayner have escaped being fined by police over their Beergate row.

Labour’s chaos over rail strikes has opened a new rift between Sir Keir Starmer and his deputy Angela Rayner, with party insiders reporting he was ‘furious’ with her decision to back strikes.

Labour’s Deputy Leader showed off the kitchen fan during an interview with Left-leaning magazine The New Statesman. Similar items are on sale at John Lewis for between £1,500 and £2,000.

Ms Rayner, 41, is believed to have become close to the 39-year-old Ilford South MP after he ran her campaign to become Labour’s deputy leader.