Angela Rayner with UK prime minister Keir Starmer at a Labour Party conference in 2023. “She’s queen bee,” says a senior Labour Party figure who knows her well from England’s northwest. Then deputy prime minister Angela Rayner arriving in Downing Street, London, for a cabinet meeting in September 2025. Angela Rayner campaigning before the UK's 2024 general election. Angela Rayner gestures as she addresses delegates during the annual Labour Party conference in October 2023 in Liverpool.

Source: The Irish Times April 01, 2026 18:30 UTC